Skip to content

Protest against the deportation of asylum seekers

From the perspective of deportees, a certain amount of luck has been needed to be in the right place at the right time in order to be saved.

Published:
open Movements
open Movements

The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.

PA-9120138.jpg
PA-9120138.jpg

"Stop Deportation" protests against the deportation back to Kosovo of Arigona Zogaj and her mother, in Vienna, July, 2010. Across Europe, people of all walks of life have engaged in pro-migrant mobilization to save refugees from being forced out.

“My friend must stay. What would we do without him in our team?” asks a distressed soccer player about a teammate who is threatened with being deported.