“Solidarity Messages for those in Transit” is a video project that emerged through the WatchTheMed Alarm Phone network. It aims to reach travellers along their migratory trajectories, in order to support them when they navigate the many border obstacles and traps that the EU and its member states have erected in their paths.
Through the videos, survivors of the border regime who reached their desired destinations and people still on the move, speak directly to the many thousands who are forced onto dangerous migration routes or into inhumane conditions in Libya and elsewhere, to those who risk their lives when escaping via the sea, and to those who face oppression and the threat of forced deportation after arriving in Europe.
The videos were shot in Germany and Italy, and share the insights of several people who survived the EU border regime and continue to resist it. Based on their lived experiences, they offer information, warnings, support and encouragement. Some of the videos’ themes include ‘Safety at Sea’, ‘Fingerprints and the Dublin Regulation’, ‘Warnings against Frontex’ and ‘Asylum and Detention’. The first three videos about the fingerprint issue have been released in Somali, Amharic and Tigrinya, with English as the subtitle.
While we face a time of repression in the aftermath of the long summer of migration, there are still cracks in the system and we hope that these videos will be spread widely, moving alongside those who travel on despite Europe’s desire to deter.
This project is comprised of video series. So far, there are two series:
1 Against Fingerprints
2 Sea Rescue
1 Against Fingerprints
Listen to survivors of the border regime who reached their desired destination speak to the many thousands who are forced onto dangerous migration routes, to the many suffering from inhumane conditions in Libya and elsewhere, to those who risk their lives when escaping via the sea, and to those who face oppression and the threat of forced deportation after arriving in Europe.
The link below is a playlist of six videos in different languages, Amharic (Samrawit and Kindesha), Tigrinya (Asefaw), Somali (Fathiya and Abdulkadir) and Oromo (Mohamed). All of the videos are accompanied with English subtitles.
2 Sea Rescue
This is the second series of our video project ‘Solidarity Messages for those in Transit’, which is a video project that emerged through the Watch The Med Alarm Phone network. It aims to reach travelers along their migratory trajectories, in order to support them when they navigate the many border obstacles and traps that the EU and its member states have erected in their paths.
Listen to survivors of the border regime who reached their desired destination speak to the many thousands who are forced onto dangerous migration routes, to the many suffering from inhumane conditions in Libya and elsewhere, to those who risk their lives when escaping via the sea, and to those who face oppression and the threat of forced deportation after arriving in Europe. Please help us in spreading these videos with your friends and family.
The link below is a playlist of six videos in different languages Mandinka (Numu), Somali (Abdullkadir) and Amharic (Samrawit and Kindesha) and Oromo (Mohamed and Tajudin).
