Militarized external borders, externalization and the fight against freedom of movement – the deadly isolation of the European Union
Dr. Kerem Schamberger will speak on Friday, February 14, 2025 from 6.30 p.m. at the Munich Peace Conference, smartvillage, Rosenkavalierplatz 13, Arabellapark With the reform of the so-called Common European Asylum System (CEAS), the right to asylum is de facto abolished. Refugees who manage to cross the EU’s increasingly militarized external borders and enter European soil can now be detained for months in prison-like camps. Anyone who comes from a country that is classified as a “safe country of origin” or enters via a supposedly “safe third country” has little chance of asserting an individual right to asylum. This policy of isolation is constantly claiming new lives in the Mediterranean, but also in the desert of the Sahel, where EU border controls are being externalized. Dr. Kerem Schamberger, refugee and migration officer at medico international, reports on Europe’s external borders, violence and isolation, but also on solidarity and resistance. He has been to many of these places himself and has first-hand knowledge of the conditions. Medico international is an aid and human rights organization that campaigns worldwide for solidarity-based aid and global justice.
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Dr. Kerem Schamberger is a communication scientist, author and political activist. He completed his doctorate and taught at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and now works at medico international as a consultant for refugees and migration. He is also deputy chairman of the Institute for Social-Ecological Economic Research and an active member of the board of the Institut solidarische Moderne.
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