“These children are helpless, they cannot fight, they cannot talk, they don't know anything like that. That is why we, the mothers, we are taking this fight upon ourselves. That is why you see us everyday — in the street, in the court, in the rain, in the sun. We are there, shouting! We are there — demonstrating, protesting, for the rights of our children to be released!”

“It is a shame, what we are going through for the past months. We are trying our best to make it known to the public and this situation still remains the same. It is, that one is even worse because if we did it cry out, it will be another situation, we are also crying out and not being heard is another, is also heartbreaking. So, this, there is no improvement and we are not really finding it funny, it is really affecting the mothers mentally also, because not every woman are mentally strong to handle this situation seeing your children than lesser than who you see, who they are supposed to be, seeing your life you know your worth, your strength and not being able to achieve. We, the women not being able to achieve, not being able to move forward and yet we are still accused of being a liability and we are being subjected to this state of us, to becoming a liability because most woman are, we know our worth, we know what we can do. And no mother no matter what will what to see their child in stagnation and this is not just affecting only the children. Affecting the mothers also, mentally, physically and in every part where we are where we don't find, where we don't see ourselves, we are now seeing ourself there.”

“Nobody, nobody can help you take care of your children more than the mother. The mother is in the best position to take care of her own child. Nobody can love your children more than the mother, even if the mother can sacrifice her own life for that child to live. A mother can deny herself happiness to see the baby happy. A good mother can deny herself food to see the baby living a better life — more than her own life.”

“Every child have his own right, to have his own birth certificate. Give us our right, give the child his own right. The right of having his own birth certificate. The right to having his own name written on it, the name of both the mother and the father written on his birth certificate. It is the child's right — it is his right to go to school. It is the child's right to have the social benefits. It is the right — because the government  have already signed it and issued it that this is what every child is mandatory to have. It is the child's right to have what the government have asked he or she to have. You don't deny the baby that because the baby don't have birth certificate. You don't deny the baby because the baby don't have AOK. You don't deny the baby, it's a baby. You don't know what this baby will become tomorrow. You deny this baby today — tomorrow might be different. If you deny this baby today, tomorrow it might be, I don't know... The way children are. Once it is old, you will never depart from it. Even though you don't deny this child for what — what rightfully belongs to the child. The child is not asking for too much, he is only asking for his birth certificate. This baby is not asking for too much, he is asking for his birth certificate. So, his mother is not asking for too much, is asking to have her own German permit, she is not asking for too much.”

“Hello and good evening. I'm here to inform everybody about the current situation regarding the birth certificate issue that we've been fighting and struggling for over the long period of time now. I would like to say that our fight is paying even though not so much, but right now I see reason to continue in this fight because I have come to understand that the only way to get what you deserve from a discriminative society, especially in an environment or in a society where black people are not treated with respect, is to fight. You have to fight to get anything. I would gladly say that our fights over time are gradually paying off in the sense that before we started this fight a lot of people — over 80% of the black German children born right here in Bremen — were not getting birth certificates. They were not getting their German pass and as a result their mothers were not getting their resident permit and that has put the mothers in some very terrible situation such that you cannot do anything you originally wished to do. We have been stocked over time but right now I can tell you that some of these things are gradually losing up because before, the whole authority like the Standesamt, migration, the polizie, etc. had all been working together, hand in hand, exchanging data on migrants which is against the law. But right now, since we started fighting — since we started demonstrating in the street — I can tell you that up to 30% of African-German children born here now have their documents, which is the right thing. Just like the way it should be: without so much stress, without so much problems. But I can tell you that so many people still haven't gotten this yet and so we are not relenting in this fight. We will still continue this fight. We will still continue going into the street, will continue the demonstrating. We'll still speak continuously until everything is solved and the issue of birth certificates becomes history in this land. I am not going to relent. We are not going to relent. The authorities so far, I can say, are trying to make things right and the earlier that is done the better for all. You know when the mothers get their resident permit only then can they integrate properly into the system which we actually want to. Because most of us want to integrate into the system: we want to learn the German language, we want to do Ausbildung, as many who want to go further in their education really want to. We want to develop ourselves. We don't just want to be idle and we don't want to be a liability to the government. For instance, most of us are very hard working and do not want to be burdens to the state. I have never been a liability and wouldn't want to be one now. That is why we have been clamouring for the birth certificate, for our document to be released, for the documents of the children and the documents of the mothers to be released. So we can integrate properly. As I speak to you now, some women are already getting integrated, referred by those who have gotten their resident permit. They are integrating very well into the system. I know a couple women that are doing the German kurs right now. I know some of them who are planning after integration because they want to go further. They want to learn something and they want to to work. For example, I personally want to develop my skills; I want to get a professional job and be working as soon as possible. I do not want to stay on the government. I do not want to stay and be waiting for the social welfare — no. I am strong. I want to work and earn a living for myself and take care of my children. This is what so many other women want for themselves, too. So I am still going to continue to say that the German authority should do everything possible to ensure that every child born here in Germany or in Bremen get their documents as soon as possible because from what I understand from the constitution that guides this great state is that every child has the right to his or birth certificate on or before six weeks after birth. So let it be like that. Let's not bend the rules. Let's not change the law to favor some people and disfavor others just because you do not like their skin color. Everybody has equal rights. That is what the law says, so let everybody be treated like that: let every child whether German or African have the same right. Let all of them have equal access to their documents and all social amenities so that everybody can be happy and live peacefully in this nation. Thank you.”