Residenzpflicht

The VOICE Refugee Forum - Celebrating Ten Years of active resistance.

In October this year, The VOICE Refugee Forum will be celebrating its tenth year anniversary. Founded in 1994 by four African refugees in Jena, it was aimed at fighting against discrimination and racism as well as against the deplorable and inhuman conditions which refugees were (and are still) subjected to in Thüringen and
Germany in general. This was against the background that refugee rights are continuously trampled upon or completely denied by state officials including the police.

This is an open protest letter to the mayor of krefeld to denounce the racist residenzpflicht control of refugees and migrants

Kriminalisierung wegen Residenzpflicht
von The VOICE Forum Jena - 28.09.2003 20:12

++ Presentation of the Karawane for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants at the Public Hearing on Departure Centres ( Ausreisezentren ) during the September 11-14 Action Days in Fürth, Bayern by Maik Alabi Adebayo

MigrantInnen werden durch das Gesetz der "Residenzpflicht" kriminalisiert, um die staatlichen Statistiken bezüglich Ausländerkriminalität in die Höhe zu treiben.
Es sind eben "Straftaten", die Deutsche nicht begehen können. (siehe Cornelius Yufanyi)

The first D-A-S-H dossier presents debates, events and projects that deal with the so-called Residenzpflicht, while exploring methods of media communication and networking. The legal residency restrictions for asylum seekers are a flagrant abuse of their right to freedom of movement. Throughout the duration of the asylum proceedings, which often last for months and sometimes for years, they may only leave the district in which they are registered with an »Ausnahmegenehmigung« (special permit).