This is a moral nadir, not a zero-sum game!

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Despite the harsh weather, the initiative Welcome and ‘Are You Syrious?’ attracted some 500 people to the “Closing of Borders Kills” protest in St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb against the closing of the so-called Balkan Route, which has left more than 40,000 people trapped at the Greek border.  

„People are seeking peace and safety. These are men and women, someone’s sons and daughters who are risking their lives, who have crossed the Mediterranean in small, crowded boats, who have walked hundreds of kilometres, who have stood and slept in rain, mud and snow, who have survived days without food and water, who have come to the brink of exhaustion only for Europe to heartlessly slam the door in their face. But that is not our Europe! All of us, including those who couldn’t be here tonight, will continue going to the borders and camps, as well as institutions, and we will demand the opening of the doors of Europe, because this is both our country and our continent. This is one world, one struggle”, said Josip Miličević from the initiative ‘Welcome!’   

The organisers said that they would not give up on the Europe of solidarity and humanity and would resist the militarisation and fascistisation of Croatian society.  From St. Mark’s Square, they sent the message to Premier Orešković that the shameful border closing has not put an end to the “smugglers’ business model”, but that it has pushed women, children and others into the jaws of smugglers and human traffickers. This is not a zero-sum game; it is simply a moral nadir.  

“Europe has capitulated before its own unfounded fear and its leaders’ lack of empathy. It has failed the test of humanity and betrayed all the values it was founded upon. However, there is a different Europe, a Europe that refuses to idly stand and watch shameful historic episodes repeated on European soil”, stressed Tatjana Sisgoreao of ‘Are You Syrious?’

 

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