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<a href="http://www.mezis.de">www.mezis.de</a> has decided to be part of the PHM family. MEZIS means: “Mein Essen zahl ich selbst” - I pay for my lunch myself and is the inititiative of unbribable German speaking doctors. I’m the executive medical director.
You can find a short English summary if you click under <a href="http://www.mezis.de">
www.mezis.de</a> on the British flag, there is also a French summary and very shortly there will be a Spanish summary…. More languages are most welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers and all the best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> phm-exchange-bounces@phm.phmovement.org [mailto:phm-exchange-bounces@phm.phmovement.org]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Claudio Schuftan<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 3. Januar 2014 12:38<br>
<b>An:</b> phm-exchange<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> PHM-Exch> Fwd: [PHM News] PHM Italy calls for Solidarity with Migrants and immediate closure of all Centres for Identification and Expulsion (CEI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From: <b>PHM Global Secretariat</b> <<a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">Solidarity with migrants, immediate closure of all CIEs</span></b><span lang="IT" style="color:black">
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">We are currently witnessing the protest by a group of desperate migrants detained in a Centre for Identification
and Expulsion (CIE) in Rome. Some of the migrants have literally sewn their lips together and many others have joined the protest through hunger strikes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">This is yet another protest by migrants, forced to take extreme forms of self-harm which they see as the only
way to draw attention to their situation, using media pressure to get the authorities to listen.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">The sewn lips forcefully shout out about the inhuman conditions in which migrants are forced to live in Italy,
creating awareness about the various conditions they are subjected to in our country. These include both the institutionalized centers such as the CIEs, and improvised, dilapidated and inhabitable housing solutions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">The sewn lips shout out about the right to be considered as human beings, regardless of the reason for their
journeys – inevitably difficult, risky and life threatening - that led then to change continents.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">The Centres for Identification and Expulsion (CIE) represent an institutional limbo, where daily violations of
basic human rights occur. These are a disgrace that can no longer be tolerated.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">We invite you to refer to the report “Archipelago CIE” drawn up by the association "Physicians for Human Rights,"
which shows that the "inhuman and degrading situations within these structures are not isolated incidents – which anyway should be considered unacceptable. Instead they are frequent and persistent practices and conditions".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">The sewn lips shout about all this in silence. We believe that the time has come to listen.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">We call upon the initiative of citizens and organizations to provide support by extending solidarity to this
heartrending protest and we appeal to all political and legal institutions for the immediate closure of all CIEs. This needs to be together with a redefinition of immigration rules in Italy, resulting in a reform of the immigration policies of our country
to facilitate acceptance of migrants and a respect for human rights. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">We also ask that women and men currently detained in the CIEs are not deported but instead are freed and allowed
to live in our country, in conditions of dignity and freedom.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">To join the call and support this struggle, please write to
</span><span lang="IT"><a href="mailto:medicisenzacamice@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:navy">medicisenzacamice@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"UnGraphic","serif";color:black">
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">People’s Health Movement Europe, Medici Senza Camice (Roma), Centro di Salute Internazionale (Bologna), Osservatorio Italiano sulla Salute Globale,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">’Insegnamento della Salute Globale, Associazione Cittadini del Mondo (Roma), Laboratorio Itinerante della Decrescita (Roma), Ciclofficina Gazometro (Roma), Aps Garibaldi 101 (Napoli)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Global Secretariat<br>
People's Health Movement (PHM)<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org" target="_blank">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a><br>
Web: <a href="http://www.phmovement.org" target="_blank">www.phmovement.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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