Size: 5.5cm./2.1inch.

Button made in the Netherlands to support 182 Marokkan hunger strikers. The text on the button reads:”No Marokkan Hunger Striker Out Of The Country”.
In November 1975, 182 Moroccans in Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht had gone on a hunger strike. They demanded a residence permit. November 1, 1975 was the closing date for the legalization procedure for foreign workers who did not have a residence permit.
The 182 Moroccan hunger strikers had not been able to meet the conditions of legalization. Under the leadership of the Committee of Moroccan Workers in the Netherlands (KMAN), the 182 managed to initiate an enormous solidarity movement in Dutch society under the central slogan “legalization of the 182, no Moroccan hunger striker out of the country”. During demonstrations, this slogan was usually shortened to: “Stay 182”. Finally in 1978 they were allowed to stay in the country.