across the border - deportation of refugees and migrants from the netherlands

autonoom centrum, march 2004

>> Preface
# Expulsions through the years
# Charter flights - cheaper by the dozen
# The expulsion of illegal aliens: the European way
# The Oumar Ba affair
# Regulation of migration, an outdated concept

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# Preface

This site contains 4 translated chapters from the original dutch version of the publication 'Over de grens'. The 13 original chapters are available in dutch here | De volledige inhoud van de publicatie 'Over de grens' is hier in het Nederlands beschikbaar

'Across the border' is a book about the deportation of undocumented migrants and refugees out of procedure from the Netherlands. These expulsions deliver more and more confrontations, through which not only the migration policy is brought up to discussion but also the society and the world we want to live in. With 'Across the border' we give ammunition to those who refuse the migrationpolicy in the Netherlands or be critical of it.

Ill-treatment in a dutch deportation-prison - Autonoom Centrum
The testimony of an ex-detained refugee is at the centre of this brochure on the detention of refugees and undocumented migrants. His testimony speaks volumes about the ill-treatments taking place behind the prison walls and about the treatment as a kind of second-rate citizens, as if they were throw-away products that should be removed as soon as possible. read on or the original layout download as PDF-file

The Gray Zone - Seymour M. Hersh 
The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Lees verder

The Israeli Torture Template - Wayne Madsen
According to a political appointee within the Bush administration and U.S. intelligence sources, the interrogators at Abu Ghraib included a number of Arabic-speaking Israelis who also helped U.S. interrogators develop the "R2I" (Resistance to Interrogation) techniques. Lees verder

'They tied me up like a beast and began kicking me' - David Rose
As America struggles to come to terms with military abuse in Iraq, similar stories are emerging from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tarek Dergoul, a Briton released from the camp in March, talks here for the first time about his two- year ordeal. Lees verder

Sworn Statements by Abu Ghraib Detainees 
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With more private contractors dying and disappearing in Iraq, some begin to question the rules of engagement. - Peter Singer 
Iraq is the largest private military market in modern history and also a testing ground for just how far the outsourcing trend will play out for the U.S. military. Lees verder

Who Won World War II?
World War II plays a major role in our conception of human history, because, unlike the senseless carnage of World War I, it stands for an ideological struggle between Good and Evil.Lees verder 

Reverse Imagineering :Toward the New Urban Struggles
Or : Why smash the state when your neighborhood theme park is so much closer Lees verder

The emergence of hyperterrorism 
"If you don't stop your injustices, more blood will flow and these attacks are very little compared with what may happen with what you call terrorism." - Abu Dujan al-Afghani, purported military spokesman for al-Qaeda in Europe, claiming responsibility on video for the Madrid bombings.Lees verder

Israel, Suicide Nation
A nation which enslaves another forges its own chains. Lees verder 

Beyond “relative humanity” to a secular democratic state
The end of Zionism and its denial of the humanity of Palestinians will open the way to a single state that makes Israelis and Palestinians both moral and political equals, says the Palestinian writer Omar Barghouti. Lees verder

Occupiers Spend Millions on Private Army of Security Men
An army of thousands of mercenaries has appeared in Iraq's major cities, many of them former British and American soldiers hired by the occupying Anglo-American authorities and by dozens of companies who fear for the lives of their employees.Lees verder

Security Firms Coming Under Fire in Iraq
The paramilitary exercise provides training for the real warfare of Iraq - but this is no military boot camp.
At Blackwater USA's paramilitary training camp, private security guards prepare to work in Iraq, where they serve as commando teams, give strategic advice, even operate a military's supply lines - all for a price. Lees verder

The Accomplished Destruction of Aristide, the Planned Destruction of Hugo Chavez
The drama of Haiti and of the Aristide administration implies many dangers for Cuba and Venezuela. It is the final outcome of Washington’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) against popular governments in Latin America: namely, subversion-destruction. Lees verder

Declassified Documents Back Venezuelan President’s Claim of US Aid to Opposition Groups Lees verder

To be Intimidated is to be an Accomplice Notes on Anti-Semitism, Zionism and Palestine By TARIQ ALI Lees verder

Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration By STEPHEN GREEN Lees verder

Israel: democracy or demographic Jewish state?
The last few months have suddenly seen a flurry of activity. There have been an unprecedented number of political initiatives which have seemed to hold out the hope of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or at least of bringing such a solution closer. There have been the Geneva Accord, the Olmert initiative, Sharon's plan with its mention of withdrawals from settlements in Gaza, the People's Voice, One Voice, and even the colonists want to present their own plan. You might ask yourself: why now.Read more

Towards widening the democratic canon
What are the historic roots, social preconditions, and future chances for the participatory democracy movements of the recent years? In this text, an introduction to a book containing case studies of recent democratic movements in Brazil, Columbia, Mozambique, Portugal and India Read more

Hamas
There is, in short, the practical need to include the Islamists. Without their acquiescence, armed resistance will continue; but their engagement is also important for the legitimacy of any outcome in the eyes of the Palestinian public and of regional players such as Syria and Iran. An accord between Israel and some Palestinian negotiators that simply ignores a major current of Palestinian opinion is unlikely to last.Read more