"Let's not forget: migration is a right, not a crime."
- Convened by the group Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak of Getxo, dozens of people performed yesterday Sunday the performance "What brings us the sea" on the beach of Ereaga and in the Old Port of Algorta. They have called on the Spanish Government and the Basque Government to involve themselves in the dignified relocation of the fire victims in the Moria refugee camp in Greece.
On 8 September, a fire ravaged the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. As a result, more than 13,000 people who lived there in a difficult and massive way have been left with nothing, adrift. The only intervention by the Greek Government, while conservation work was carried out by NGOs, was to force the police to stay on the edge of the road after the accident. The members of Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak are still fresh these images of Moria's "hell". They regretted that these 13,000 people were overcrowded in conditions incompatible with dignity and health, until the "foreseeable" fire swept the area.
The Moria camp, built 4 years ago for some 3,000 people, has been built in the vicinity of the capital, Mitilini, on the coast of the country. The shelter has a capacity for 5,000 people, but they have once again crossed borders and more than 9,500 refugees have been evacuated. "They're back in lockdown, locked up with concertins. In the meantime, the European governments are meeting to implement their judgment. The result has been a tightening of immigration policies and an approach to the proposal of the most extreme right, the most radical. Everything announces that there will be more Moria de la Embarrassment", yesterday the friends who approached the beach of Ereaga in Algorta.
Yesterday a performance "what brings us the sea" was held in Algorta with the aim of "going towards the consciences of good people". From Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak called to stop looking elsewhere and governments to end their "inhumane" policies: "Europe is shielded by barriers and places that are inadequate for welcoming, to try to curb a fundamental right of people: the right to live in dignity, to educate children and to contribute to the community through honest work."
In addition to reminding the victims of the Moria fire yesterday, men and women were also reminded that year after year they die at sea in search of a better life. "Once again, we want to pay tribute to the 500 people who have died in the Mediterranean until last month, as well as to the 200 people in the South Sahara who left their lives on a high-risk trip from Mauritania or the Sahara to reach the Canary Islands."
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