Our journey started in Alexanderplatz where all women* met and had a wonderful photo shoot with SOLIDRINKS team who came to give us a hand of support and who learned a lot about us, the Women in Exile through an interview which was done by few women* from the team and in which we shared our experience and motives concerning the movement. We latter arrived at our targeted destiny Eisenhüttenstadt where every woman seemed happy and energetic ready to show support to the women* who were inside the camp and who knew little about their rights.

Being the WORLD WOMEN* INTERNATIONAL DAY, we had some rose flowers with us to give to our fellow women* in the camp as a sign of love and solidarity only to be blocked by police who stood at the entry of the camp and refused us to get inside the camp.  We tried to negotiate with them to just let at least a few women* in but our trial was all in vain. Since we could not enforce our entry against the police, we decided to use our slogans and songs of SOLIDARITY which made some of the women* from the camp come nearer though with a lot of fear. Due to the large group of police who crowded in the entry of the camp some still managed to swallow their fear and joined us as we expressed our feelings and thoughts on how the women* in the camp and other lagers should be treated equal and they should have the right to get out of the camp where nobody cares about their living conditions or their health issues.

The women* also expressed their fear and this was what they said:” We saw a lot of police and we know whenever the police are many here in the camp there is a danger of deportation and so we don’t want to join you because it can result to be our cause of deportation”. It was such a pity to us all to see how women* who came to seek protection are turned to fear of deportation and their lives and that of their children get worse due to lack of access of good medical care, the poor living conditions where even a woman is given specific time to shower and if late to shower the bathroom is locked and no bathing at all. We marched together passing our demands through music and slogans, women* raising their voices through the roads and causing even traffic jam which made everybody stop and some had to listen to us while others though in their cars showed us signs of solidarity. To cut it short the marching ended in a bus stop where all women* felt they had achieved the best and hoped that though enforced new laws, the situation will not only become more oppressive towards refugee but that we will continue to fight and become louder for our rights as women* as well as as refugees.

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