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Wanneer: 13/12/2016 - 13:51

The We Are Here group asks for support at Hoogte Kadijk 401 where they have a sit-in / sleep-in in front of a building that is owned by the governement and where a few anti-squatters live.

The police stated that they will tolerate the action till 9 pm tonight.

Warm drinks, warm food en warm blankets are very welcome!

WE ARE HERE, WE ARE REFUGEES & WE NEED A SOLUTION

Again our building was evicted on December 13. Our group We Are Here is struggling for over 4 years now and building after building has been evicted, over 20 times in 4 years now. Staying on the street is no solution, nightshelter for a few of us is no solution. We need a real solution and this is permission to stay and building our lives.

We are people. We would like to study, we would like to work, we would like to be with the ones we love. Just like you! We are no different.

We are refugees and asked for asylum in the Netherlands. We went through a lot in our countries of origin and in our travel to a safe Europe. We told our stories but they are not believed. In order to get asylum we have to come with new proof of our stories, that are hard or even impossible to get or would put our lives even in more danger.

We do not get any housing but are also not allowed to work, therefore we are out on the street. We didn't expect to find ourselves in this situation when we came here as a refugee. That is why we started our action. First in a tent camp, followed by many different squatted buildings. Vluchtkerk, vluchtflat, vluchtkantoor, vluchtgarage, vluchtgemeente, etc.

Today we are on the streets again. Still we didn’t find a permanent solution. That is a shame, we deserve human dignity and we like to do something useful and feel healthy.

We are sitting in front of Hoogte Kadijk 401 because this is a building from the government, its big and only 5 anti-squatters live here. We heard that state-secretary Dijkhoff said before that this building could be for refugees. That's why we are here, we would like to move in and have some peace.

Welcome to meet us and support us in our fight for a normal life.

More information you can find on Facebook https://facebook.com/WijZijnHier