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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

We demand an end to this deadly harassment! The blockade and obstruction of civilian ships must be stopped. Safe passage and freedom of movement are finally needed.

Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

The long journeys lasting several days pose an avoidable risk and violate the fundamental rights of those rescued from distress at sea.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

Two other boats could not be found despite emergency calls.
The politically organised delay in disembarking refugees deliberately prolongs their suffering. In addition, the authorities are preventing the ships from rescuing more people!

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

On Sunday night, Sea-Watch 5 rescued 79 people. The rescued people were assigned to the port of La Spezia, which is why they will not be safe until Friday. No one should have to wait days for protection after being rescued.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

According to those who were rescued, seven people had already drowned. After the ship was initially assigned to Bari for disembarkation, it was finally able to bring the people ashore in Porto Empedocle on Sunday and prepare for the next rescue.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

SOS Humanity's Humanity 1 also rescued 41 people in distress over the weekend who had been in an overcrowded rubber dinghy on the open sea for more than four days. For two people, the rescue came too late and they died on the rescue ship.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 7h

CN Death
Over the weekend, Resqship's Nadir assisted 243 people in distress at sea until they could be brought to safety by the Italian coast guard.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 2d

This system does not create security, but zones of lawlessness. Anyone who takes human rights seriously cannot remain silent. Civil society resistance and clear political action are needed now.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 2d

Particularly vulnerable groups, such as children, queer and LGBTQIA+ refugees, people with disabilities, and traumatized individuals, are not being protected, but rather increasingly endangered and marginalized.

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Systematic impoverishment
The complete withdrawal of benefits contradicts German law and also the EU Reception
Directive (Art. 21), which prescribes a minimum standard. It also contradicts Art. 18 (1) of the
Asylum and Management Regulation.
Particularly drastic is the partial denial of medical care. According to Art. 22 of the directive,
health care must not be completely denied, especially not to minors or vulnerable persons. The
GEAS draft ignores these obligations.
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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We warn:
GEAS is the sellout of the right to asylum!
With the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, Europe is abandoning the
right to protection for refugees guaranteed under international law.
Instead, it is relying on deterrence through fast-track procedures, de facto detention at the
external borders, systematic disenfranchisement, and returns to unsafe third countries.
Particularly vulnerable groups, such as children, queer and LGBTQIA+ refugees, people with
disabilities, and traumatized individuals, are not being protected, but rather increasingly
endangered and marginalized.
This system does not create security, but zones of lawlessness. Anyone who takes human rights
seriously cannot remain silent. Civil society resistance and clear political action are needed now.
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 2d

Instead, it is relying on deterrence through fast-track procedures, de facto detention at the external borders, systematic disenfranchisement, and returns to unsafe third countries.

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Asylum seekers should be locked up.
The GEAS Amendment Act will in future allow those seeking protection to be locked up at night
in the new so-called secondary migration centers. This ban on moving freely at night is based on
the blanket assumption that there is a risk of flight and effectively transforms reception facilities
into closed centers, even without locked doors.
Pro Asyl (2025) describes this as deprivation of liberty. The measure thus also touches on the
decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of November 19, 2021; psychological coercion can
already be considered an infringement of fundamental rights. (cf. BVerfG, decision 1 BvR
781/21). The conditions are controversial: even a violation of the ban on leaving or participation
in border procedures may be sufficient (cf. Pro Asyl 2025).
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Anyone who “violates conditions” or “disturbs the peace” may suffer benefit cuts or even
complete withdrawal of benefits (§ 1a (7/8) AsylbLG-E). In addition, the current draft law
provides that asylum seekers will no longer be granted work permits after their application has
been rejected, even if they file an appeal in time and continue to reside legally in Germany. Even (alleged) violations of cooperation obligations are punishable by blanket work bans. Both
regulations violate EU law and the German Basic Law, lead to exclusions from the labor market
that can last for years, and, due to their lack of clarity, create considerable scope for arbitrary
administrative decisions (cf. Refugee Council of Saxony 2025).
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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The law significantly tightens the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.
Since 2024, Dublin cases have been threatened with complete exclusion from benefits, even
though courts have repeatedly criticized these regulations as unconstitutional (see Pro Asyl
2025). Furthermore, the “voluntary departure” mechanism is becoming a farce:
• Health restrictions
• Lack of documents or traumatic experiences are ignored, while support services are
systematically cut back (cf. Pro Asyl 2025).
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 2d

We warn:
GEAS is the sellout of the right to asylum!
With the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, Europe is abandoning the right to protection for refugees guaranteed under international law.

A demonstration can be seen in the background. People are holding signs that read “Stop GEAS.”
At the bottom is an orange box with white lettering. It reads: Harshness, isolation, deterrence.
Below that, in smaller letters, it reads: The new GEAS and the sellout of asylum rights. At the top
right are the logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger.

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GEAS implementation
With the cabinet decision of September 3, 2025, and its transfer to the parliamentary process,
the implementation of the new Common European Asylum System (CEAS) begins, which will be
transposed into national law from summer 2026 (cf. Pro Asyl 2025).
There is a threat of a radical curtailment of individual asylum rights and further systematic
exclusion.
The GEAS draft reveals the core of its approach: not protection, but defense. Asylum seekers are
to be subjected to a procedure as quickly as possible and, if possible, outside the EU's borders,
even if they face persecution in their countries of origin or transit. (cf. Pro Asyl 2025)
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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Even more camps
With § 44 (1a) AsylG-E, the federal government is introducing so-called “reception facilities for
carrying out secondary migration procedures.” In doing so, it is even going beyond the EU
requirements.
These centers are to be set up as soon as the law comes into force, well ahead of the EU
regulations, which will not apply until June 2026.
The federal states will decide whether and where such centers will be established. Baden-
Württemberg and Lower Saxony are planning the first locations. (cf. Pro Asyl 2025)
The planned facilities are intended for people in the Dublin procedure and those who have
already been recognized. Adults are to be accommodated for up to 24 months and families with
children for up to 12 months, six months longer than in regular facilities.
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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Children do not belong in detention: neither directly nor indirectly.
Deprivation of liberty in the context of migration is contrary to the best interests of the child and
must be prohibited by law. Detention-like facilities are no place for children. What matters is
their lived reality: isolation, control, fear.
Protection needs must be identified early and bindingly in order to ensure humane
accommodation for children and families. Education cannot wait: refugee children need access
to school and education from day one.
(cf. BumF 2025 position paper)
The logos of Seebrücke and pena-ger are at the bottom right.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 3d

You can take to the streets with our local groups, inform yourself, organise yourself and show creative protest! We stand up for a migration policy based on solidarity and demand freedom of movement for all people!
Please support our local groups with a donation at the event!

Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 3d

Become active in favour of an asylum and migration policy based on solidarity. With our local groups, we are fighting for the observance of human rights! You can find a weekly overview here, a daily overview and more information about our events on our website.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 4d

Even 10 years after the genocide, tens of thousands of Yazidis are forced to live in misery in undersupplied refugee camps, without even the slightest prospect of a dignified life.
There must be a halt to the deportation of Yazidis &, fundamentally, an end to deportations to Iraq. Stop deportations!

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 4d

On Tuesday morning, a deportation flight took off from Düsseldorf to Iraq. Yazidis were also on the plane, even though the lives of all Yazidis in Iraq continue to be threatened by Islamists.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

Instead of deterrence, sealing can off borders, and outsourcing, we finally need safe passage and a shift toward a solidarity-based asylum policy! We will continue to fight for this! Join a local group near you and become part of the movement!

Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

These policies do not prevent deaths in the Mediterranean—they only force people to choose increasingly dangerous routes to flee.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

In Italy, civilian sea rescue is being hampered by the so-called Piantedosi decree and aerial reconnaissance by the Flussi decree. In the EU, refugees and people who show solidarity with them are being criminalized.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

European policy focuses on deterrence, sealing off borders, and outsourcing. The German government has decided to close borders, carry out illegal pushbacks, tighten asylum laws, and launch a deportation offensive.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

Now, 12 years later, there is no government mission in the Mediterranean to rescue people in distress at sea. Since 2014, over 32,000 people have drowned or gone missing in the Mediterranean, with at least 1,297 this year alone.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

At the time, the disaster caused widespread horror in Europe and led to the launch of the government-run sea rescue mission “Mare Nostrum.” The mission saved many lives, but it was discontinued in 2014.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3, 2013, a boat carrying hundreds of refugees sank off the coast of Lampedusa. Just a few days later, on October 11, another boat sank. In total, more than 600 people died within a few days.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 6d

We demand:
No recognition of or cooperation with the Taliban terrorists!
Safe escape routes for people from Afghanistan instead of deportations at any cost!
Right of residence for all and on a permanent basis!
Don't forget Afghanistan!

Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 6d

Since then, the Afghan civilian population, especially women and queer people, have been increasingly oppressed.

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Seebrücke International @seebrueckeintl.bsky.social · 6d

In response, the entire staff of the Consulate General, who had been there since the days of the old government, resigned.
The former consulate staff wrote: “This step contradicts the values we hold dear.” 4 years ago, the Islamist terrorists of the Taliban took control of the whole of Afghanistan.

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