Since early February ECRE and 26 partner organisations have been campaigning to mobilise progressive voters for the EP election under the hashtag #YourVoteOurFurture. The voices carrying the campaign belongs to those most directly targeted by increasingly harsh integration and asylum policies at EU and member state level – on our last day of campaigning we leave the word to them.
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT APPRECIATES THE MIXTURE OF RACE AND NOT RACISM, THAT BELIEVES IN INTEGRATION AND NOT DISCRIMINATION, THAT HONOURS EQUALITY WITHIN HUMANITY
ADAM | NGO VICE PRESIDENT, GHANAIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT IS HOME TO ITS DIVERSE CITIZENS, INCLUDING MIGRANTS, NEWCOMERS AND ALL EUROPEANS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR GENDER, RACE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, ONE THAT IS BASED ON OPEN- MINDEDNESS, THAT PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, THAT OFFERS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, THAT GUARANTEES DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW AND ENSURES HUMAN DIGNITY!
MASOOMA | PHD STUDENT, AFGHAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT CALLS ME BY MY NAME AND NOT BY A NUMBER!
MUBARAK | NGO ACTIVIST, SOMALI, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT DEFENDS ITS VALUES OF SOLIDARITY, EQUALITY AND HUMANITY!
YAGOUB | NGO VICE-PRESIDENT SUDANESE, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT FIGHTS FOR A GREEN AND JUST WORLD. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE – USE IT TO MAKE SURE SHORT TERM ECONOMIC INTERESTS ARE NOT PRIORITISED OVER UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS!
ANILA | POLICY ADVISOR, PAKISTANI, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT CALLS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE, ACCEPTS DIVERSITY, RESPECTS ALL HUMANS REGARDLESS OF THEIR APPEARANCE, RELIGION, GENDER OR COLOUR. VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT BELIEVES IN HUMANITY!
SHAZA | RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SYRIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT PROMOTES HOPE AND NOT FEAR, ADVOCATES FOR FREEDOM AND NOT LIMITATION AND RESPECTS ALL HUMAN BEINGS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR COLOUR, BACKGROUND, RELIGION AND SEX!
SPOGMAI | DIRECTOR, AFGHAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT LOSING EVERYTHING IS NOT A CHOICE, BUT THAT GIVING SOMEONE THE CHANCE TO LEARN, EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND CONTRIBUTE, IS. I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE EUROPE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A PART OF IT!
IMRAN | STUDENT, SYRIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE WHERE PEOPLE STOP SEEING US AS ALIENS AND START SEEING US AS FRIENDS WHO WILL ONE DAY HELP PAY THEIR PENSIONS. I AM BELGIAN ENOUGH TO MISS THE COUNTRY WHEN TRAVELLING AND SUPPORT THE RED DEVILS – I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO KILL THAT FEELING!
BARAKAT | TRANSLATOR, SYRIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT SEES WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS BUT OPPORTUNITIES. I MIGHT NOT BE FLUENT IN FRENCH OR TOTALLY IN TUNE WITH THE BRUSSELS CULTURE YET BUT I AM ONLY A STRANGER UNTIL INVITED IN AND ONLY UNEMPLOYED UNTIL SOMEONE WILL HIRE ME!
MUHAMAD M | JOB-SEEKER, SYRIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
VOTE FOR A EUROPE THAT JUDGES PEOPLE BY THEIR ACTIONS RATHER THAN THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR POTENTIAL RATHER THAN THEIR PAST AND THEIR ABILITY RATHER THAN THEIR DISADVANTAGES!
OMAR | EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, SYRIAN, NEW EUROPEAN
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