Invitation to all groups working on migration to an europe(an)wide
preparation-meeting in september 2004

This is an open invitation for a preparation meeting for an event on the
question of migration at the ESF in London, October 2004.We propose to
meet from the 10th to the 12th of September, if possible in London (and a
final decision about the place has to be made within the next weeks...).

We are aware of the different realities and struggles of migration caused by
the limitations of the right of mobility all across Europe. The actions and
demonstrations of January 31st 2004 in 52 cities were the beginning of a
necessary europe(an)wide mobilisation. It was an important step ahead in
creating a movement for the right of mobility. This action day was made
possible thanks to the collaborations between a wide range of groups and
individuals during the two previous European Social Forums. We would like to
build up on this experience, because the right of mobility has to be a
central issue at the ESF.

This year is particulary significant given the enlargement of Europe and the
ongoing process of border transformation. Borders of the new Europe are not
confined to geographical limits, but well beyond. They affect the everyday
lifes of migrants both inside & outside of Europe.

We believe that the right of mobility encompasses different struggles of
migration taking place everyday throughout Europe. These struggles address
all aspects of everyday lifes such as work, health, education,housing,
political, social & human rights of migrants. They are fighting for the
closure of detention camps, and the end to deportations, they challenge the
negation of rights & demand the right of legalisation, and they struggle
against all forms of racism & exploitation.

We invite all the groups involved in those struggles to discuss on a
preparation meeting how we can develop and strengthen an europe(an)wide
movement. We believe that the ESF in London will be a very important
opportunity to bring those struggles together.

Signatures:
Tavolo migranti dei social forum italiani; Coordination Nationale des Sans
Papiers/France; Droits Devant/France; Gisti/France;
Act up/Paris/France; Barbed Wire Britain Network to End Refugee and
Migrant Detention; no one is illegal/UK; volunteers from noborder
London/Britain; Indymedia Estrecho/Madiaq/Spain; CGT- Andalucía/Spain;
Centro Social- Casa
de Iniciativas 1.5 -Malaga/Spain; Papiers per Thotom-Barcelona/Spain;
Network for social support to immigrants and refuges /Greece; Network for
political and social rights /Greece; Dost je!-Ljubljana/ Slowenia; Kanak
Attak/Germany; Refugee Initiative Brandenburg/Germany; The Voice Refugee
Forum/Jena/Germany; no one is illegal-amplitude/Germany;
off-limits/Hamburg/Germany;

Contact for further coordination:  frassainfo@kein.org


(A few additional remarks:
The initiative for the invitation above came up by discussions of socalled
"frassanito-network". People from Tavulo di migranti, Act up, Kanak Attak
and no one is illegal met a first time during the frassanito-nobordercamp in
Italy in summer 2003 to discuss about a better coordination of
migrationrelated groups for the European Social Forum. We share a common
approach to consider migration as social movement and to see migrants
struggles in a crucial role for the further development of the whole global
movement.
In Paris last November some of us have been involved in launching the
proposal and original call for the europeanwide action-day. And while some
more friends from Spain and Greece joined our network this year, we decided
to put some more efforts in the preparation of upcoming ESF. Before the
meeting in september we will send out a paper addressing five central topics
of our struggles: work & migration, detention camps, the negation of rights,
anti-racism and borders. The meeting, of course, is open for other topics &
proposals.
It is nice to see, that immediately some more groups and networks have
signed the invitation, and we just think about the adequate
communication-structure, to make possible a broader process to elaborate the
agenda for the preparation-meeting within the next weeks.)