Aktion ”Das Lager schliessen!” in Dänemark

Wir stellen hier das Konzept ”Den Zaun niederreissen – das Lager schliessen” der dänischen Kampagne Luk Lejren in deutsch und englisch vor.

Laufende Infos bei
- Luk Lejren:  http://www.luklejren.dk/index.php
- linke medienportal modkraft:  http://www.modkraft.dk/
- indymedia.dk:  http://www.indymedia.dk/


* Die programmatische Grundlage der Aktion gegen das Sandholm Lager

Die Rolle und Funktion der Kampagne "Luk Lejren"- kampagne (Das Lager schliessen! )
Wir sind uns darüber im klaren, das viele hundert Menschen im Sandholmlager wohnen. Unsere Aktion darf nicht deren Altag erschweren, sondern wendet sich gegen das System, das die Menschen dort isoliert, diskriminiert und ihre Lage aussichtslos erscheinen lässt.
Wir haben haben lange Zeit hindurch Kontakt mit den Bewohnern des Lagers gepflegt und werden dafür sorgen, dass die Schliessung der Kontrollmechanismen des Lagers gut bei ihnen rüberkommt. Wir werden dafür Sorge tragen, dass die bewohnten Teile des Lagers nicht von der Aktion berührt werden.

Die Lager-schliessen - Aktion ist Ausdruck unserer Solidarität mit den Insassen. Wir wünschen aus diesen Grund nicht, das Tumulte in der Nähe der Zimmer der Bewohner enstehen. Wir sind auf der Seite der Asylbewerber und gegen die diskriminierenden Funktionen des Saltholmlagers. In einer grossen Massenaktion werden wir die Kontrollmechanismen des Lagers ausser Funktion setzten. Wir möchten dadurch unsere Abscheu und unseren Widerstand gegen den Rassismus anno 2008 zum Ausdruck bringen.
Wir wenden keine Gewalt an - wir konfrontieren den Rassismus und reissen ihn nieder, wir bauen Brücken und montieren ab....
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* Der Anfahrtsplan:
Demo: Samstag, den 25.Oktober 2008 : Allgemeiner Treffpunkt: 12 Uhr mittags bei der S-Bahn Station "Allerød station" . Ausgangspunkt z.B. der Kopenhagener Hauptbahnhof > Richtung Hillerød oder von Nørrebro > Richtung Hillerød (Der Zug fährt alle 10 Minuten und die Fahrt nach Allerød dauert ungefähr eine halbe Stunde). Um 11 Uhr wird ein gemeinsamer Transport von der S-Bahn Station NØRREBRO nach Allerød organisiert (da könnt ihr dann gratis fahren :-) ).
Solltet ihr euch ein Fahrrad mieten bzw. ausleihen wollen, dann wäre die Strecke nach Allerød in vielleicht 1,5 - 2 Stunden zu bewältigen ( ungefähr 25 km ).
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* Demo-konzept
Danach gehts gemeinsam in Richtung Sandholmlager. Während die Hauptdemo zum Hauptportal des Lagers geht, wo zahlreiche Bands spielen, Reden gehalten werden, agieren verschiedene Gruppen abseits der Demo in symbolischen Aktionen: Sie versuchen unter den Motto: “Das Lager öffnen um es zu schliessen”. die Zäune umzulegen , bzw. den Zaundraht/Stacheldraht zu durchdrennen.

Die Polizei hat bereits verlautbart, dass sie die offiziel angemeldete Demo nicht zum Lager gehen lassen wird, sondern auf ein abgelegenes Terrain eskortieren wird. Allerdings ist zur Zeit alles offen, da die InitiatorInnen mit massiver Teilnahme rechnen und dadurch das Konzept der Polizeistrategen zu unterlaufen versuchen. Tatsächlich wird die Aktion von einen ungewönlich breiten Spektrum des “anderen” anti-rassistischen Dänemark getragen. So werden sich linksradikale und alternative TeilnehmerInnen, feministische und Queerinitiativen, anti-rassistische Grosseltern-initiativen, 200 antirassistische Pfarrer, etc. gemeinsam auf den Weg zum Sandholmlager machen.

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Shut Down the Camp

Everybody can participate in shutting down the camp!

Where, when and how...
The Disobedience Action in Shut Down The Camp will be confrontative, but non-violent. You will be able to participate at the level that suits you. In the main demonstration there is room for everybody who wish to act up against racism: young and old, parents with children, experienced and inexperienced demonstrators. During the action participants will be informed recurrently about occurrences in and outside the demonstration.
The inhabitants of Sandholm refugee camp should not be molested. We have planned the action with the intention to avoid intimidating the inhabitants. Please, check out the map of Sandholm on beforehand; we should avoid entering the residential area. We should not enter the administration either as sensitive information and documents concerning the cases of individual asylum seekers are kept here.
Most inhabitants of the camp have been informed of the action through info-meetings and flyers translated into all major languages. The overall opinion has been favorable. But some inhabitants do not know us, and the action might make them feel insecure. So, please consider your actions and show consideration for the inhabitants of the camp as well as fellow participants in the demonstration. We have been in permanent communication with the inhabitants of the Sandholm refugee camp and during the action a contact group from Shut Down the Camp will be present to keep people informed.
We do not intend to foster insecurity among the inhabitants; neither do we wish for confrontation with the police or employees of the camp. Our goal is to shut down the camp and demonstrate our opposition to racism - a racism, which the camp is an integral part of. Our strength is our number and ability to take care of each other. Use your imagination: climb the roofs, shut down the control post, bring banners and stencils, balloons and a pair of pincers. Show solidarity with the inhabitants of Sandholm! Show that racism can never be accepted! Take down the fence; the camp must be shut down! We are a large group of people undertaking this action together, and the success of the endeavor relies your respect for the shared codex.
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The codex is:
1. No intentional injury or physical harm to persons;
2. No movements in the residential area and no intrusion into the administration;
3. Take care of the inhabitants of the camp and of each other. Be aware of others and be sober.
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Saturday 25th October: The action plan

Allerød Station at 12 am - We meet up at Allerød Station. People will gather here from all parts of the country. There will be collective transportation from Jutland, Fyn, Sealand and Copenhagen. You can sign up for busses at luklejren.dk or take the train.
The demonstration - When everybody is gathered around 2 pm we will march towards the camp following Sandholmgårdsvej. The police have been notified and it is hence a legal demonstration. There will be music and speeches, people with banners, party is on and a lot of energy in store. We have the right to demonstrate, and the police have been notified of the route to avoid any hastily reactions. Does the police unexpectedly stop the demonstration; we will reach the camp of alternative routes. The participants will be notified of these routes along the way.
There is approximately 3,5 km from Allerød station to the Sandholm refugee camp and we will walk at slow pace. It is a good idea to wear comfortable shoes, and bring a bottle of water and some food for the road.
Party at the gates of Sandholm - When we reach the refugee camp mid-afternoon, the main demonstration will stop at the parking lot outside the main entrance of the camp. There will be speeches, food and a lot of nice music.
The Action starts - At a prearranged signal activists, who wish to participate in tearing down the fence, will break of from the main demonstration and initiate the action of civil disobedience. Clear signal will be given when this part of the action is started. Hence, everybody will be aware of how to stay in the main demonstration or where to go if they wish to confront the fence. The main demonstration will stay at the parking lot during the action. The camp is shut down by being opened - The activists confronting the fence will cut it down, pull it down, and climb it. If the police try to stop us, we will use our high mobility as well as our ability to get through, or around, hindrances in the open terrain around the camp. We will not get into violent confrontations with the police, but we might push ourselves against police lines to get to the fence.
When we get behind the fence will use the occasion to demonstrate that racism can never be accepted, while taking into consideration that people are living in the camp. We will use our imagination: Climb roofs, shut down control posts, put up banners and flags, decorate with stencils, balloons and graffiti - please bring the needed from home. When the fence is cut down it will be put up around the buildings of the administration.
Shared return - We have not scheduled an exact closing time; as it is hard predict the exact course of the day. Everybody will be informed about when the action is called of. We will return to Allerød Station together in the demonstration.

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Internationall call
The Shut Down the Camp Initiative calls for a day of action against the Sandholm refugee camp in North Zealand, Denmark (25km north of Copenhagen).

On October the 25th we are planning a massive civil disobedience action. We do not use physical violence, we cut fences and shut down control posts. Our aim is to dismantle the Sandholm camp, and thereby physically challenge the racism of the Danish refugee policy.
The way Denmark treats refugees is horrible. On several occasions the UNHCR has criticised Denmark for not complying with international regulations. Refugees that have risked their life to escape persecution are turned away at the border. Recently we have seen a number of Iraqis being escorted back to Iraq. Many of them have disappeared shortly after their return.
The process of being granted an asylum in Denmark is long and hard. For up to 10 years the refugees are waiting for their destiny to be decided, hidden away in remote locations. The purpose of isolation is pretty straight forward: It is to exclude the refugees from society and anything that resemble peaceful conditions and a normal life. The Sandholm refugee camp and the fences around it are brutal and concrete manifestations of racism.
The Danish policy towards refugees are based on humiliation and dehumanisation of the the world's most vulnerable. The Shut Down the Camp action is aiming to put an end to this.
On October the 25th we march to the camp. This call goes out to anybody who wants to get involved. We need all the help we can get.
In solidarity,
Shut Down the Camp ("Luk Lejren")
To you, who have endured racism, help close the camp!
Racism is seeping through the levels of society. It is fast becoming an integral part of our everyday lives. We get stopped and searched by the police. We are refused entry to discoteques and nightclubs. We are referred to as violent bullies and scroungers or as ignorant, oppressed victims by the press and the government alike. We are subjected to racist rules such as the so-called Start-Help, the Association Regulation and the 450 Hour Employment, and the 24-year rule. We are being prevented from attaining citizenship by a series of tests which Danish students at the university level only manage with big difficulty. The social consequence of this is, that we are over-represented in the childrens' homes, shelters and dole queues in this country.
Sandholm Camp is the ultimate example; it legalises the racism we encounter on a daily basis through the fact that, by its very existence, the camp promotes humiliation of refugees and immigrants as an acceptable norm. For our society to rise above social, economic and legal discrimination, we must close the monument to racism - the Camp.
On Saturday, October the 25th, we call to action: close the camp! All of us who have suffered the effects of racism in its many forms - in other words, the people known as immigrants, foreigners, etc - will congregate in one group and walk from Allerød to Sandholm. It will be a large and very diverse flock, and we will demonstrate in an orderly and non-violent manner, our opposition to the Sandholm Camp and the Danish immigration policy.
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kontakt zu den InitiatorInnen von Das Lager Schliessen:
0045- 53339551