General Info
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Monday, 22 June 2009 13:21 |
A Presentation of First-Hand Accounts of the Effects of E.U. Border Policies
 A delegation from No More Deaths, Samaritans, and BorderLinks recently spent three weeks in Germany and Malta to witness the plight of migrants and refugees in Europe. The presentation will focus on the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations currently taking place in the Mediterranean, and the ongoing response of faith-based groups in Germany and Malta. Come learn about the startling similarities in border policies between the U.S. and the E.U., and what you can do to help!
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Read more [Presentation: Deterrence by Death in the European Union]
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:02 |
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With this letter we request a meeting between Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) officials, the Department of the Interior and humanitarian, human rights, environmental and faith organizations to take place no later than two weeks from today’s date, in order to discuss ways that we can cooperate to prevent additional death and suffering on the U.S. / Mexico border and the federal lands it transects.
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Read more [Open Letter to Buenos Aires and Department of the Interior]
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Humanitarians Await Response from Wildlife Refuge for Urgent Meeting |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 00:03 |
Nearly 70 humanitarian, human rights, environmental and faith leaders and groups signed a letter sent to the manager of the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge last Wednesday requesting a meeting within 14 days. The groups desire to establish an effective way to provide humanitarian assistance on the wildlife refuge that also respects the environment.
To date, no response has been received.
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Read more [Humanitarians Await Response from Wildlife Refuge for Urgent Meeting]
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AZ Border Community Leaders, Including NMD, Meet with Border Czar |
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:17 |
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Tucson, AZ - The US-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force hosts a meeting today with the U.S. Border Czar Alan Bersin, DHS Chief of Staff Marco Lopez, U.S. Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer, and other officials at a Homeland Security and Dept of Justice Border Policy Listening Session held this afternoon in Tucson, Arizona.
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Read more [AZ Border Community Leaders, Including NMD, Meet with Border Czar]
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Volunteer on Weekends This Summer |
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You don't have to take a week off of work to be a No More Deaths volunteer! We now have a weekend volunteer program, as part of our summer 2009 volunteer program. All you have to do is give us at least three weekends of your summer: one to get trained, two to work in the field alongside experienced local volunteers and full-time temporary volunteers. Fill out an application by Monday to start training on Saturday! |
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Sixth Summer of Humanitarian Work Underway |
 On June 7, an opening ceremony and potluck dinner marked the beginning of another summer of humanitarian work in the deserts of southern Arizona. Newly trained volunteers joined with seasoned No More Deaths coordinators and trail walkers to put out water and look for people in distress.
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Read more... [Sixth Summer of Humanitarian Work Underway]
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Litter or Life? Letters of Support and Media Hits |
No More Deaths has been receiving a steady stream of emails and phone calls in support of Walt Staton and Dan Millis—two volunteers who have both been found guilty of littering after putting water out for migrants. We are working on setting up a letter writing campaign, more details will be published soon.
Other letters can be sent to
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to be posted here.
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Read more... [Litter or Life? Letters of Support and Media Hits]
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NMD Supports Humanitarians on Trial in Italy |
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 No More Deaths is asking for support for an international "Humanitarian Aid Is Never A Crime" campaign. The Italian government is currently prosecuting two Germans for "smuggling" after they rescued a group of African refugees on the Mediterranean Sea. We are appalled by the attempt to outlaw the courageous action of Elias Bierdel and Stefan Schmidt and by the attempt to destroy their livelihoods.
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Read more... [NMD Supports Humanitarians on Trial in Italy]
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End Human Rights Violations of Migrants in Border Patrol Custody! |
No More Deaths has released a toolkit to help supporters everywhere organize to stop abuse and neglect of migrants in Border Patrol custody.
Click here to read a summary of the campaign.
Click here to go to the toolkit and TAKE ACTION! |
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Summer 2009 Volunteer Program |
For the sixth consecutive summer, beginning on Saturday, June 6, 2009, No More Deaths volunteers will engage in a season of direct action in the US–Mexico borderlands, where people continue to suffer and die in migration unnecessarily and in unacceptable numbers. We will mobilize as humanitarian-aid and human-rights workers in the Arizona desert and in northern Sonora, Mexico, in challenge to a lethal and cruel policy that places migrants systematically on the receiving end of violence: that of vigilantes, coyotes, law-enforcement agencies, and a weaponized landscape. Apply for full-time volunteering (that is, one or more full weeks) at least four weeks in advance; the weekend volunteer application is due the Monday before the initial training weekend. See below for more on these two volunteering options. 
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Read more... [Summer 2009 Volunteer Program]
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