Association Malienne des Expulsés

• Citizen assemblies: Strengthening social cohesion among internally displaced persons in Bamako

  Conflicts in northern and central Mali continue to provoke massive population displacements, with inhabitants forced to abandon their homes to seek refuge in localities where the security situation appears more stable. There are approximately 370,000 displaced people in Mali, including more than 4000 in Bamako, with many of them living in informal sites without access to sanitation, security, or safe housing.
  

  In July 2022, the Malian Association for Deportees held three “Citizens’ assemblies” in these sites with the participation of the Noyau Dur Association. These assemblies sought to combat prejudices about conflict in Mali, promote peace and strengthen the resilience of displaced persons who have experienced violent conflict. More than 150 people contributed to the assemblies with their perspectives and experiences.

  Several participants spoke of current conditions in these sites lacking organization, shelter, (...) +
  2 August 2022
• Project Avenir Brillant: : Vocational training activities continue in Bamako and Kayes in horticulture, agro-ecology, fashion, and crafts, with joint funding from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, ActionAid International (Italy), and PLAN International (Italy)

  On November 15, 2021 the official launch for the start of the training activities of the “Avenir Brillant” project took place at the Missabougou vocational training center.
  The project, "Avenir Brillant: creation of socio-economic opportunities and strengthening child protection for potential migrants, in transit and returning to Mali", co-funded by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, ActionAid Italy and Plan International Italy has been put into place by a consortium of national and international organizations and associations. It aims to contribute to reducing the tragedies of irregular migration, through vocational training and support for young people in the sectors of horticulture, agro-ecology, crafts and renewable energies in the region of Kayes and the District of Bamako.

  After the launch activities, the start-up activities focused on forming break-out groups (...) +
  15 June 2022
• Impact of the European Union Emergency Trust Fund in Mali: Does not meet the expectations of migrant associations (by the Malian Association for Deportees)

  On Saturday July 3, 2021, the Town Hall of Commune I of the District of Bamako hosted a workshop to share the results of survey research on the impact of the European Union (EU) Emergency Trust Fund implemented in Mali, Senegal, and Niger. The research was carried out by the CIMADE, the Association Malienne des Expulsés (AME), REMIDEV (Senegal) and Alternatives Espaces Citoyens (Niger). The general objective was to share their analysis of the Emergency Trust Fund’s impact with civil society organizations.

  “Through this space, we want to invite Malian civil society organizations to join with us, to form a bloc, to defend the cause of migrants by calling on government authorities,” declared the president of the AME, Ousmane Diarra. He also drew participants’ attention to the fact that the Emergency Trust Fund is drawing to a close, at the end of the year 2021. After that, he says, “we must join together more than ever in order to be able to safeguard our migrant compatriots.” According to him, the Emergency Trust Fund is being implemented in Mali and it is working. But he regrets that a single European expatriate who works in Mali for the Fund receives more than ten projects of our funded associations combined. "Solutions must be found so that the fund is intended for the true recipients—the migrants," said the president of the AME.

  Lamine Diakité, legal assistant at the AME, recalled from the outset that the Emergency Trust (...) +
  5 August 2021
• ROLE OF IMPERIALISM ON THE ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM: WHY BLAME MIGRANTS FOR THE CRISIS OF IMPERIALISM?

  Systemic racism and discrimination continue to infect countries and societies around the world suffering from the intensifying crisis of imperialism, including the discrimination and exclusionary impacts on migrants and refugees. The current uprisings around the world against the murders of black people in the U.S. such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery by both state forces and racist vigilantes demonstrate the persisting and systemic problem of racism in countries like the United States.

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  20 October 2020
• BAMAKO, Mali — It was in Paris, but it wasn’t glamorous work.

  

  Amadou Coulibaly à l’extérieur des bureaux de l’Association Malienne des Expulsés (AME), Bamako, Mali. Photo Sébastien Rieussec.

  Europe is expelling thousands of Africans. To one Malian deportee, that looks like a recipe for revolution.

  Amadou Coulibaly spent his nights swabbing a mop over acres of dimly lit office space as (...) +
  29 May 2018

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