27/09/2026
From Agadez to Thuringia: Where Europe's Border Really Begins 🌍✊
When we think of routes to Europe, we picture the Mediterranean – or the images from Ceuta this summer. But Europe's border often begins a thousand kilometers earlier: in the middle of the Sahara, in cities like Agadez.
Since the EU pushed for a law against migrant traffic there in 2015, a centuries-old, legal Tuareg transport economy was criminalized overnight – with drastic consequences: unemployment, more dangerous detour routes, more deaths and missing persons. Violent border enforcement, long before people even reach the Mediterranean. The law was repealed in 2023 after the coup in Niger, and most foreign military forces had to leave – but the consequences are still felt today.
🎙️ Panel with:
🔹 Dr. Azizou Chéhou, Coordinator of Alarmephone Sahara
🔹 Dorette Führer & Hans-Georg Eberl, Afrique-Europe-Interact
We will discuss...
🔸 how migration is fought and justified in Thuringia,
🔸 how local and European decisions connect,
🔸 where political responsibilities lie
🔸 and what alternatives to externalized border policy could look like.
📅 Friday, October 2, 2026 | 🕕 6:30 PM
📍 Junge Gemeinde Stadtmitte, Johannisstraße 14, 07743 Jena
💬 Language: English with simultaneous interpretation into German and Arabic.
🪙 Free participation – registration required, please indicate your language preference! -> Link in bio!
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This event takes place in cooperation with the project „Rück-Sicht. Lebensgeschichten in Thüringen sichtbar machen“ by DGB-Bildungswerkes Thüringen e.V. – "anerkannter Bildungsträger der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb)".
The [CoRa] project of the Thuringian Refugee Council is funded by: and DenkBunt - Thüringer Landesprogramm für Demokratie, Toleranz und Weltoffenheit.
Further support is provided by medico international and afrique-europe-interact.
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