‘#From_the_Sea_to_the_City’ aims to join forces to reimagine the European stance on migration with cities and human rights at the center. With this vision we want to send a strong signal to the European institutions that we want to pursue a welcoming and human-rights based migration and refugee policy before Germany takes over the presidency of the EU Council in July 2020.
Welcoming refugees and migrants in our municipalities and cities is a chance to democratize Europe further from below: it is the cities that bear the brunt of managing migration, thus it is the cities that should also have a say in the European migration policy.
OUR DEMANDS
Our political demands are addressed to Mayors, representatives of European cities and EU representatives:
1. TAKE A COORDINATED ACTION TO STRENGTHEN AND PROMOTE EXISTING AND NEW INITIATIVES BETWEEN CITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ON EUROPEAN MIGRATION POLICY
2. Ensure protection of migrants’ and refugees’ lives and needs in the COVID-19 crisis
3. Ensure an active role of cities and civil society organisations in the management of EU-funds
4. Create safe arrivals and legal corridors to Europe
5. Ensure the access to fundamental rights and dignity for migrants and refugees arriving to European cities, from the right to seek asylum, an access to the social and health care system, to adequate housing and decent working conditions
▻https://fromseatocity.eu
#villes-refuge #asile #migrations #réfugiés
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Ajouté à la métaliste sur les villes-refuge :
►https://seenthis.net/messages/759145
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