Call out for an EMERGENCY solidarity action at the Serbian-Hungarian border
Wanneer: 16/09/2015 - 11:42
Since yesterday, when Hungary attempted to close its borders, by bringing army and heavy police force at the newly built fence, and the new law criminalising migrants has stepped into force, up to 5000 migrants have been stuck at the border. The point at which most people have been stuck is the border crossing Horgoš 2 (exact location: https://www.google.rs/maps/place/46%C2%B010%2733.3%22N+19%C2%B058%2744.3%22E/@46.175929,19.978972,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0) -- 46°10'33.3"N 19°58'44.3"E (but the locations might change, or multiply).
The situation is very difficult: there is not enough food, water, clothes, medicine or shelters. People are sleeping on the bare ground, there is no place to use the toilet or maintain basic hygene. There are many people, including women and small children, and new people keep on arriving all the time. On the Hungarian side, there is the army and police, with the usual gear of police-dogs, pepper-spray etc.
The situation is very tense, but despite the difficult conditions, the atmosphere is one of resistance and protest. Some migrants have been on a dry hunger strike, refusing all food and water until the border is opened.
This is a call out to all activists, for an emergency intervention at the border – we need people to show solidarity with those stuck at the
Horgoš 2 border crossing. Bring along any food, water, basic medicine, warm clothes or tents, but above all, physical presence of self-organised affinity groups is needed! A sounds system and as many megaphones as possible are really needed, for communication in a big group of people.**
In addition, any trusted information about the developments elsewhere (such as what is happening on the Serbian-Croatian and Croatian-Slovenian borders) is also important, as coordinated solidarity efforts on various points of the route could be crucial. If you do not have the possibility to come to Horgoš, it would be great if you could get reliable information about what is happening on the Serbia-Croatia-Slovenia route, so we can share this with the people on
the Horgoš 2 border crossing.
In solidarity,
no border Serbia collectif
noborderserbia [at]riseup.net
short video about the current situation and the fight at the border:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfrpwAEMe0c&app=desktop
Border between Serbia & Croatia is full of landmine fields, very important people stick to roads, Croatia border is open (Human Rights Watch) https://misportal.hcr.hr/HCRweb/faces/simple/Map.jspx
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Refugee_Phrasebook
Some updates from the Balkans
The situation is changing rapidly, it's very chaotic and hard to follow what is going on.
After the brutal police attack at Horgos almost all people left to Croatia.
Approx. only 100 people stayed there waiting for a chance to cross.
There are 21 persons in prison in Hungary they were arrested at Horgoš when they broke through the gate.
We dont know exactly the accusations but probably they'll try to criminalize them in the worst way.
If anybody can do something, they need international support!
Since croatia also closed it's borders with serbia yesterday, people are entering to croatia in all sides through fields.
Right now there are 5000 people in Tovarnik.
Most of the people (coming from macedonia and belgrade) are going to Šid now, we heard that many people are around Bezdan too (west -north serbia).
So these are the the new hotspots on the srb-croatian border.
We will go there tomorrow, so we can give you more updates.
During the last night many people entered Hungary from Croatia.
Migrants who entered Hungary were transferred to Szentgotthard open camp on the border with Austria, and some of them are already in Austria.
It seems like the authorities try just to registered the people, and not really taking their fingerprints.
There was a strong resistance to break the border on Bregana (on the
highway border crossing place from Croatia to Slovenia ) and Harmica (the train track goes there) and probably on other places too.
The police was using teargas and dogs to stop people.
Today they started to let families and vulnerable groups inside Slovenia. it goes very slowly.
For many people it's the third border they should break in, so they are exhausted, tired, many people are sick and injured, there is no water, it's very hot but the nights are cold, no medical aid, nothing.
International solidarity is needed ASAP!
Please share these infos, our capacity is very weak. We have some activists on the terrain but they have no internet no laptops even charging phones
in the middle of nowhere is difficult...
solidarity
the no border collective