On 23/9, PAME organized a large and militant march in solidarity with refugees and immigrants, a march which ended up at the EU’s offices in Athens. There the demonstrators of PAME raised a banner on the frontage of the building of the EU’s delegation. There was an image of little Aylan, who drowned during his family’s attempt to pass from Turkey to Greece, on the banner alongside the slogan “The European imperialists are murderers, robbers, hypocrites.” Afterwards they threw paint on the building’s façade and burnt an EU flag.

The demands of PAME’s demonstration were:

• The immediate transit of refugees from the islands to their final destination countries, under the responsibility of the EU and UN, even utilizing direct charter flights.
• The creation of decent reception centres, which will provide food, medical care, interpreting services and legal assistance.
• The increase of personnel and strengthening of the infrastructure related to rescue, registration-identification, accommodation-food-care and the safe transit to the country’s exit points.
• Immediate funding from the UN and EU
• The abolition of the Dublin Regulations and the Schengen Agreement.

In addition, PAME will struggle:

• Against new interventions in third countries, under the pretext of allegedly striking against the traffickers. Against the new measures of the EU for repression at the borders, which only complicate and exacerbate the problem and do not lead to a solution.
• For the end of the imperialist missions and interventions of the EU-NATO-USA in third countries.
• For the end of our country’s involvement in these interventions. For the closure of the Suda base-a launching pad for wars. For the end of Greece’s participation in the joint military exercises. For no Greek soldier to be found outside our borders. For the naval ships to return home.
• So that not even one euro is spent on NATO military equipment.

24.09.2015