We provide an insight into our local and nationally networked anti-deportation struggles. We will report on the experiences of people who are threatened with deportation and are confronted with racist harassment in authorities, camps and everyday life on a daily basis. Together we want to discuss what possibilities there are to offer resistance, show solidarity and support people threatened with deportation.

No Lager: We are a locally and nationally connected anti-racist group. Together with people who are actively or passively affected by the asylum law, who experience racism themselves or who want to support those who do, we organize ourselves against the status quo. We see ourselves as part of transnationally connected struggles against the presence of nation-state borders and racist policies of isolation. Therefore we fight for self-determined freedom of movement and the good life for all. Standing up for each other, we use visible and invisible forms of protest, civil disobedience and practical solidarity.

What does that mean in concrete terms? People in different situations come to our meetings: Some are facing deportation or are preparing for their asylum interview. Others want to point out the conditions in camps like Bramsche-Hesepe or Sedanstrasse, for example violence by the so-called security services. Still others have stress in dealing with authorities and their harassment – such as the Ausländerbehörde or the Job Center. Some simply want to be part of a group where they can use their energy and knowledge to help others. In the plenum and in various working and support groups, we organize ourselves and exchange knowledge, arrange contact with counseling services and lawyers or language schools and meeting places. Part of this work is always the political analysis and scandalization of the problems and experiences of exclusion.