Historical Organization
Lampedusa in Hamburg
Lampedusa in Hamburg
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Organization Timeline
Lampedusa in Hamburg makes its self-organized campaign public
📅 1 May 2013A group of West African refugees who had fled Libya and received temporary status in Italy organized publicly in Hamburg. They challenged the Dublin system and demanded collective residence rights,...
“We are here to stay”: Hamburg march backs Lampedusa refugees
📅 2 November 2013More than 10,000 people marched in Hamburg in solidarity with the self-organized Lampedusa group, demanding residence rights and an end to deportation threats. Refugees carried their own banners at...
Hamburg students strike for Lampedusa refugees’ right to stay
📅 12 December 2013More than 2,500 school pupils marched during class time to demand a right to remain for the Lampedusa group and a more humane asylum policy. Their strike challenged the idea that migration policy...
Oury Jalloh march draws hundreds through Dessau
📅 7 January 2014More than 700 people marched from the train station past justice offices to the police station where Jalloh died. Speakers condemned what they saw as a network of official evasion and called for truth...
Hamburg’s temporary Refugee Welcome Center is opened by occupation
📅 1 May 2014Supporters and Lampedusa refugees briefly occupied an empty school and declared it a self-managed welcome center. The action turned solidarity into a practical proposal for space, services, and...
Lampedusa activists occupy the Hamburg SPD headquarters lobby
📅 19 September 2014About fifty refugees and supporters entered the SPD headquarters foyer to press for permanent residence and work permits after a year and a half of precarious life. The occupation challenged political...