International Initiatives of NAR and nKA for the crime against refugees in Pylos
Joint Declaration on the mass murder of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea
NAR for the Communist Liberation // Communist Liberation youth // Greece
Föderation Klassenkämpferischer Organisationen // Germany
Against “Fortress-Europe”
We are shocked but also outraged by the new crime of the European Union, Frontex and the Greek authorities against refugees and immigrants from Africa and Asia. One of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean shows the whole world that the policy that begins with imperialist interventions, the exploitation of the peoples of Africa and Asia by the European and U.S capital and the powerful states of the world ends with the murders and drowning of the poor and desperate people at European land and sea borders.
It is a murderous and exploitative policy that dates back many centuries ago but is being carried out nowadays by the modern capitalist states which pretend to be the guardians of humanism and democracy. The dominance of the powerful states of Europe and the rest of the world is based on the appropriation of the resources of the poor states of Africa and Asia. For oil, diamonds, precious metals and rare earths there are no borders. Borders do exist exclusively for the poor, the victims of capitalist exploitation and wars.
The anti-immigration policy of the European Union, the bilateral agreements of the E.U. with Turkey, Libya, Morocco which create prison camps for refugees, the policy of push-backs and building fences, in short the policy of “Fortress Europe” is responsible for thousands of drownings, deaths, rapes and tortures every year. This is a murderous policy.
The workers, the young people, the great social majority of the European peoples must fight against murderous capitalism, the criminal and racist European Union and the respective governments of the member states and of those states that cooperate in the implementation of these policies. In the previous decade, many Greeks, driven by unemployment or poverty, were forced, once again, to take the path of immigration to Germany and other EU countries. Around half a million people (mostly young men and women) have left the country to work abroad.Migrant workers, as refugees too, are part of the modern working class of the country where they work and can potentially be pioneers of its struggles. With their experiences, they can contribute to the internationalist interconnection effort with the labor movement and have a decisive role in the unity of the workers of all countries.
We stand in solidarity with refugees and immigrants. We demand open borders and free movement for refugees and the poor, for the working class. Down with the Common European Asylum Policy. We demand asylum and papers for all refugees!
It is time to fight together against our common enemy in Greece, Germany, Europe.
Let’s fight for an end to capitalist wars and interventions by the powerful states. Let us fight for the common interests of the working class and the oppressed. Joint struggles of locals – refugees/immigrants! Solidarity is our weapon!
NAR for the Communist Liberation // Communist Liberation youth // Greece
Föderation Klassenkämpferischer Organisationen // Germany
June, 2023