fwd from Denmark: Shut Down the Camp - civil disobedience against the racist, dehumanisng asylum system]

bwo Nettime, with usual aps for X-posting.

Denmark is the somewat forgotten (very) naughty boy in the Fortress Europe 
School... This is a timely reminder of what actually plays out there.

----- Forwarded message from Carsten Agger <agger <at> c.dk> -----

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:18:27 +0200
Subject: <nettime> Shut Down the Camp - civil disobedience against the
	racist, dehumanisng asylum system

Luk Lejren (Shut down the camp!) is a Danish initiative of civil
disobedience against the government's inhumane asylum policy.

In Denmark, asylum seekers waiting for asylum are obliged to live for
years in camps behind barbed wire. They can leave the camps, but must be
back by nightfall. They are not allowed to receive schooling, they are
not allowed to work - actually, they are not allowed to do anything.

People who arrive traumatized by war are shattered by the Danish asylum
system's negligence. The camps are run by the Danish Red Cross, and the
government usually brushes off criticism of life in the camps by
claiming they have nothing to do with it, the Red Cross is running the
camps, and nobody wants to criticize the Red Cross.

Thus, the Danish Red Cross are actually legitimizing Denmark's inhuman
and dehumanizing asylum policy.

On October 25, a non-violent demonstration with thousands of people will
symbolically CLOSE THE CAMP by bringing down the barbed wire fences.