Dear friends and interested parties, We at the association ‘Zugvögel – Grenzen überwinden e.V.’ (Migratory Birds – Overcoming Borders) invite you to attend the Camp Bewegungsfrei-HOW!? (Freedom of Movement HOW!?) from 4 to 6 July at the Landhaus am Heinberg education and leisure centre near Kassel (more information here). Economic, Read more…
How are the “major” parties positioning themselves on our core issue of freedom of movement in the German parliamentary elections? As we did for the last European elections, we investigated this question again this year. The graphic (unfortunately only available in German) compares some of the demands from the parties’ Read more…
**Trigger warning: The exhibition as well as the following text and links contain descriptions of everyday racism** Click here to register for the workshops! Together with hundreds of Black people in Germany, Dominik Lucha makes visible what often remains unseen: “What you do not see!” addresses the everyday racism experienced Read more…
The legacy of German colonialism still lives on today: recent debates on the “refugee issue”, the handling of stolen art, the rise of nationalist parties, do not reveal the core, but symptomatic facets of a much more deeply rooted Eurocentric world view that springs from a history of colonization. How Read more…
At last year’s “Quiffen” in Bonn, some Zugvögel had an idea: We want to produce a video in which people from different origins and backgrounds present their views on climate change and its consequences. If possible, this should be from perspectives that are otherwise given far too little attention in Read more…
Due to the spread of the corona virus, we unfortunately cancel the event “On the edge of Europe”, a film screening organized by the Berlin regional group on the situation of refugees on the Greek islands. Nevertheless, in the next few days we would like to draw attention to the Read more…
Spending holidays in an “exotic” country and at the same time saving the world a little bit: this is how offers of the so-called “voluntourism”, a term consisting of the two words “volunteering” and “tourism”, are often being presented. A combination of holidays and volunteer work might sound tempting for Read more…