Whereas the free movement of goods and capital has been imposed as an imperative of neo-liberal globalization, the free movement of persons is firmly resisted and severely punished. The security systems that have been thus set up make a mockery of freedom of movement for all those who have not had the good fortune to possess a European, Swiss, United States or similar passport.

But can one speak of "free" movement of human beings when the majority of migrants and asylum seekers flee under threat and constraint? And can one expect to reach this goal without attacking the very roots of the evil, the authoritarian violence of those who hold power and a development model that is profoundly unequal and inhuman?

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Publications
	Travail forcé: façon helvétique? Recherche sur le travail forcé et la traite des personnes en Suisse Ph. SAUVIN (2004)
	Fuir le chaos: Témoignages de demandeurs d’asile mineurs R. JOLY et Collectif (1997)
	Europe, montrez patte blanche: les nouvelles frontières du "laboratoire Schengen" Coordination Asile Suisse, MODS, Coordination Asile Vaud, préf. de Lode van Outrive (1993)
	L'asile dans notre quotidien: discours populaire sur les réfugiés G. de RHAM, C. GRANDMOUSIN, M. BERNASCONI (1986)
	Regards blancs sur visages noirs G. RIST, C. LALIVE, ill. par Plantu (1978)
Statements at the UN
	Déclaration à la Conférence de suivi de Durban Conférence de suivi sur le racisme 2009
	DURBAN I: One step forward DURBAN II: One step backward? Durban Review Conference on racism 2009
	Why do the NATO powers consider DURBAN I to have been a failure and fear a similar outcome for DURBAN II? Durban Review Conference on racism 2009
	Rapatriements forcés sous couvert de lutte contre le terrorisme CDH 2003
	Lutte contre le terrorisme et respect des droits de l'homme SCDH 2002
	Changing Asylum and Immigration Policies, the Threat to Democracy in the European Union after September 11 and the Situation of Kurdish Refugees in the UK HRSC 2002
	Comments on the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) HRC 2002
	El derecho a circular libremente y a elegir su residencia el desplazamiento forzado interno viola estos derechos y afecta gravemente ostros, en especial los derechos economicos, sociales y culturales CDH 2001
	Droit d’Asile en Suisse et en Allemagne SCDH 1998
	Racisme et Apartheid aux Etats-Unis CDH 1997
More related documents
	International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families - Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990 (OHCHR Website)
Sites of partners
	Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples (MRAP)
	Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
	Migreurop
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	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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