Action against deportations from Germany
URGENT ACTION
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999
From: International Federation of Iranian Refugees, IFIR
SUPPORT THE SIT-IN OF IRANIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY AND STOP DEPORTATIONS
TO ISLAMIC IRAN
February 10, 1999
The International Federation of Iranian Refugees Germany Branch has
summoned a three week sit-in as of February 1 in Bokum to protest the
German government's plan to deport thousands back to the brutal Islamic
Republic of Iran. After years of uncertainty and fear, many have been
arrested and detained to await their forcible return to persecution. They
have reached the end of the line and are fighting for their lives.
The German government knows the nightmare that awaits them very well.
After all, it has financed and supported the repression to maintain a
"stable" regime in order to ensure that business goes on as usual.
This plan to deport thousands is one more step forward in their wheeling
and dealings to increase profits. With this, the German government not
only endangers the lives of human beings worthy of dignity, it also legitimizes
a criminal regime.
If the thousands of asylum seekers are deported, it will be a huge
political and human setback for modern society. If the German government
goes forward with its plan, opponents of dictatorship and repression will
not be safe anywhere in the world. We must fight back. We must support
and strengthen the struggle of asylum seekers in Germany. Success in
this endeavor will be a success for all humanity.
Past successes against anti-refugee policies and practices reveal the
determination of a movement which will not allow the lives of human beings
to become tools for negotiations between governments. Your solidarity
will once again expose the indefensible and save lives. Send your letters
of protest to the German authorities (www.bundestag.de/btengver/mail/mail.htm)
and demand that the German government:
1- End deportations to Iran;
2- Release all imprisoned asylum seekers;
3- Re-open all closed casefiles;
4- Ban the distribution of the Iranian embassy's security forms to
asylum seekers; and
5- Recognize the right to protection for Iranian asylum seekers.
SAMPLE LETTER
J. Fischer,
Foreign Minister
O. Schily,
Minister of Interior
Bundeshaus
53113 Bonn Germany
www.bundestag.de/btengver/mail/mail.htm
Dear Messrs. Fischer and Schily,
I am / my organization is outraged that the German government is planning
to deport thousands back to the brutal Islamic Republic of Iran. The German
government must address the legitimate demands of the 300 Iranian asylum
seekers participating in a sit-in in Bokum and:
1- End deportations to Iran;
2- Release all imprisoned asylum seekers;
3- Re-open all closed casefiles;
4- Ban the distribution of the Iranian embassy's security forms to
asylum seekers; and
5- Recognize the right to protection for Iranian asylum seekers.
I / my organization await (s) your action in this life and death matter
for countless individuals who have fled the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Sincerely,
Name
Address
E-mail
CC: IFIR, GPO, PO Box 7051, New York, NY 10116.
Tel: 212-747-1046.
Fax: 212-425-7260.
E-mail: ifiric@aol.com
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