No person is illegal
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No one is illegal is a loosely connected international network of antiracist groups and religious asylum initiatives, that represents non-resident immigrants who have lost their immigration documents or are otherwise at risk of deportation
. The network has started a campaign and held rallies, to bring wider attention to the situation of refugees.
The campaign initially began in Germany as No Person Is Illegal (German: Kein mensch ist illegal or kmii) and has spread to other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.
No Person Is Illegal started after the death of deportee Aamir Ageeb at the hands of the German Federal Police. In the wake of the Ageeb's death, the "Deportation-Class
" campaign set its crosshairs on airlines that took part in deportations. The campaign culminated in a 2001 online demonstration in conjunction with Libertad! Today, No Person Is Illegal continues to work on problems of work and immigration, focusing on the connections between economics
and racism
.
No Person Is Illegal and "Deportation-Class" have drawn the attention of Germany's annual "Constitutional Protection Report
" due to purported connections with "left-wing extremism".
Deportation
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today it often refers to the expulsion of foreign nationals whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation...
. The network has started a campaign and held rallies, to bring wider attention to the situation of refugees.
The campaign initially began in Germany as No Person Is Illegal (German: Kein mensch ist illegal or kmii) and has spread to other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.
Germany
History
No Person Is Illegal was founded at the 1997 "documenta X" art exhibition in Kassel. In a matter of weeks, 200 groups and organizations and thousands of individuals joined in an appeal to "help immigrants begin- and continue- their journeys towards obtaining work and documentation, medical care, education and training, and to assure accommodation and physical survival" regardless of their immigration status.No Person Is Illegal started after the death of deportee Aamir Ageeb at the hands of the German Federal Police. In the wake of the Ageeb's death, the "Deportation-Class
Travel class
A travel class is a quality of accommodation on public transport. The accommodation could be a seat or a cabin for example. Higher travel classes are more comfortable and more expensive.-Airline booking codes:...
" campaign set its crosshairs on airlines that took part in deportations. The campaign culminated in a 2001 online demonstration in conjunction with Libertad! Today, No Person Is Illegal continues to work on problems of work and immigration, focusing on the connections between economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
.
No Person Is Illegal and "Deportation-Class" have drawn the attention of Germany's annual "Constitutional Protection Report
Verfassungsschutzbericht
The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution is published by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior since 1968. In the Annual Report details of the activities of far right, far left, Islamic extremists foreign and domestic, in Germany, as well as espionage, are given...
" due to purported connections with "left-wing extremism".