This article is a collective reflection on selected groups operating in the Autonomous factory Rog, namely the Anti-Racist Front Without Borders, the Working Group for Asylum and the migrant center Second Home. We trace the period between August 2015 and December 2017 and offer fragments of activist research on the politics of the asylum regime and the living conditions of asylum seekers in the Republic of Slovenia. We draw attention to distinct phases of working with a disenfranchised and excluded population and the issues faced by the activists during this time.