The electoral wins and take over of power by extreme right-wing parties in the Netherlands has led to the a proclamation of an ‘asylum-crisis’. This so-called crisis has been the result of a two decades long normalisation of racism towards Muslims and migrants, where minorities are consistently scapegoated for economic issues stemming from neoliberal budget cuts. Come and join us to see how we can make a difference and strengthen networks around the issue of border racism. With the new Series “World without Borders,” Pakhuis de Zwijger aims to be a consistent platform for initiatives in the Netherlands and Amsterdam that are organising on the subjects of migration, belonging and border racism. During the event, you will have the opportunity to connect with other initiatives and discuss possible ideas, action plans, and program proposals for the new series. We believe that together, we can make a difference!
Before the programme begins, join us for dinner at 18:30 with a variety of participants and initiatives. Please purchase your dinner ticket here. Tickets are €24,50 (€23,50 plus a €1 service fee) and include dinner, a drink, and coffee or tea afterwards.
Background on the new series at Pakhuis de Zwijger
This series aims to understand the current “asylum crisis” as a colonial crisis that continues to drive global inequality and continues to destroy people’s living environment through climate destruction. People are moving here because Europe is plundering elsewhere and on top of this funding (proxy-) wars, violence and/or bombing other countries through imperial and neo-colonial policies. This series provides a platform to disentangle these colonial border policies, examine the transgression of the human rights of migrants and refugees, and explore how social movements can make a difference in creating a world without borders.
Currently, people are criminalised through passport apartheid policies that exclude undocumented migrants and refugees from equal and fair access to housing, work, healthcare, education or social care by illegalising them from society. The militarisation and increased fortification of European borders has over the past decades killed more than 50.000 thousands refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, making Europe’s borders deadliest in the world.
