Mission is to let undocumented people, without access to banking or healthcare, share trials of life
can find themselves in this bureaucratic bind are many. Some have entered without authorisation; others were born in Europe to parents who themselves are without papers; others have overstayed their visa or have had their asylum claims denied. Whichever the route taken, the destination is the same: a “ghost citizen” status that carries innumerable difficulties.the City Rights Radio podcast seeks to lay bare the jarring contrast between the experiences of the undocumented and official policy.
An interview at City Rights Radio where people share, for example, what it’s like not being able to pay for public transport without access to a bank account.Among them is Seid, a smiling 19-year-old originally from Ethiopia. “I’ve been waiting to do this type of thing for so long,” he said. For years he had listened as others spoke on migrants’ behalf, at times resorting to stereotypes and fear-mongering. Now he was eager for the chance to tell his own story.
“The things that I’ve seen, it’s not humane or normal,” said Seid. “This is what’s happening at the borders that no European knows about.” He also hopes that policymakers are listening. “We’re not taken into account when their research is being made,” said Bah. “And then the law, whether intentionally or not, excludes us. Why are they making laws that exclude 60,000 people who live in the city?”
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