There are currently over 12 million people living in Germany without German citizenship, including 1.5 million who do not have a German passport even though they were born here. The short film ‘The right to have rights’ encourages us to reflect on the meaning of citizenship, statelessness and life with a tolerated status. It shows the struggles of refugee and non-refugee migrants, BPoC and/or Rom*nja and Sint*izze for equal rights in Germany and asks how we can work together for a society in which the right to rights applies without restriction. It was produced as part of the campaign ‘Pass(t) uns allen’ by With Wings and Roots e.V. and RomaniPhen e.V.
Interviewees:
- Anita Awosusi, civil rights activist and author
- Bahar Şanlı, Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße e.V./co-initiator of the ‘Right to Vote for All’ alliance
- Christiana Bukalo, co-founder of Statefree e.V.
- Jennifer Kamau, co-founder and spokesperson for International Women* Space
- Koray Yılmaz-Günay, Co-Managing Director of Migrationsrat Berlin e.V.
- Miman Jasharovski, board member of With Wings and Roots e.V./co-initiator of the ‘Pass(t) uns allen’ campaign
- Mohammed Jouni, co-founder of Youth without Borders
- Dr Nahed Samour, legal and Islamic scholar Nizaqete Bislimi-HoŠo, Chairwoman of the Federal Roma Association
- Sanaz Azimipour – Co-founder of MigLoom e.V./ Co-initiator of the campaign ‘Not without us 14 per cent’
