SickOfWaiting.Org

Overview

SickOfWaiting.org emerged as a citizen-led initiative promoted by the political party Por Un Mundo Más Justo (M+J), whose founding member then funded the Global Citizens Foundation. The movement denounced the EU member states' failure to fulfill their relocation and resettlement commitments for refugees, made in June 2015.

At its core, the project aims to foster global citizenship awareness, uniting individuals who identify as global citizens and are ready to actively build a fairer world.

Origins and Implementation

This historic civil society mobilisation sought to urge the Spanish Parliament to debate and approve a legal mechanism to regularize the situation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants living in Spain.

• Platform Design
• Outreach across Europe
• Engagement with refugees in Greece and Italy
• Presentation of results at European institutions in Brussels

Project Phases

Phase 1: Raising Voices (April–June 2017)

Collecting motivations and testimonies from European citizens and refugees, culminating in a public presentation at the European Parliament on June 28, 2017.

Phase 2: Mobilizing for Action (July–September 2017)

Encouraging broad public participation in coordinated demonstrations on September 30, 2017, to denounce Europe's non-compliance with refugee commitments.

Achievements

• 18,509 individuals from 131 countries participated, including over 2,000 refugees.
  
• Approximately 100 blog posts published on SickOfWaiting.org.
  
• Supported by 85 affiliated organizations.
  
• Achieved 102 appearances in the media.
  
• Organized demonstrations and protest events in 40 European cities.
  
• Video content exceeded 500,000 total views.
• Presented formal demands to the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman.