21-09-2009 18:20
CALAIS - focus on UK Border Agency, call for actions this Wednesday
What is about to happen in Calais is not a matter 'for the French', it's part of a coordinated European approach to curbing migration. The responsibility for the situation facing migrants in Calais rests partly with the UK Border Agency, as well as the wider UK government, whose wars many people in Calais are trying to escape. For example, many Afghans in Calais talk of the UK as "my enemy's enemy", ie against the Taliban. But it's all fucked up. So they come to seek shelter in the UK.[Full Story ]
21-09-2009 17:43
- HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS SOON TO BE MADE HOMELESS IN CALAIS -
CALAIS - what's going on & how you can help
- HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS SOON TO BE MADE HOMELESS IN CALAIS -
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17-09-2009 18:01
Information here:
http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/
NEW INFO LINES If you are coming to Calais to show solidarity and want information call (from UK) 00 33 6 34 81 07 10 from France 06 34 81 07 10.
Bring bikes if you can. Also we need O2 sim cards (lots of them) and tents, because lots of people might be homeless by next week.
Situation in Calais escalating. Solidarity needed now!
Call out to monitor and prevent mass eviction of Calais squats and jungles! Numbers on the ground are thin. Immigration Minister Besson has announced to Make this a migrant free zone by the end of next week.Information here:
http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ NEW INFO LINES If you are coming to Calais to show solidarity and want information call (from UK) 00 33 6 34 81 07 10 from France 06 34 81 07 10.
Bring bikes if you can. Also we need O2 sim cards (lots of them) and tents, because lots of people might be homeless by next week.
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11-09-2009 10:43
Solidarity with migrants whose shelters and belongings were destroyed by riot police
Migrant camp destroyed, local French town sets up camp outside town hall
Solidarity with migrants whose shelters and belongings were destroyed by riot police
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10-09-2009 22:00
Direct aid & joining the dots
We could really do with more people making the connections between war, migration and climate change, working with those most affected by all these things[Full Story ]
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02-09-2009 15:35
Activists getting better at frustrating police, but we can't be everywhere in Calais - more support needed...
Tactics stepping up in Calais - support needed
Activists getting better at frustrating police, but we can't be everywhere in Calais - more support needed...
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31-08-2009 21:23
Calais - Activists Disrupt CRS Raid on Eritrean House
Calais - Activists Disrupt CRS Raid on Eritrean House[Full Story | 1 comment ]
30-08-2009 17:32
Calais roundup - ongoing support needed
Round up from last few days in Calais[Full Story | 1 comment ]
28-08-2009 16:45
http://lesvos09.antira.info/
No Border camp in Lesvos Greece 26th-31st August
The No Borders camp began recently in Lesvos there are five hundred of us here doing a lot of cool stuff , it runs until the 30th August, keep up with it at http://lesvos09.antira.info/
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28-08-2009 16:03
The No Border camp in Lesvos is scoring some real victories for the migrants who arrive here and are detained in horrific conditions in the infamous Pagani detention centre following the release of over two hundred migrants . We haven't closed this hellhole down but pressure is building . We want to force Greece to respect asylum rights and the free movement of migrants and to refuse its role as Europe's border guard and all terrible abuses and deaths of migrants that entails . Yesterday 22 refugees avoided having to be detained and are now at an open centre with decent living conditions.
Lesvos No Border camp is banging on the walls of fortress europe
The No Border camp in Lesvos is scoring some real victories for the migrants who arrive here and are detained in horrific conditions in the infamous Pagani detention centre following the release of over two hundred migrants . We haven't closed this hellhole down but pressure is building . We want to force Greece to respect asylum rights and the free movement of migrants and to refuse its role as Europe's border guard and all terrible abuses and deaths of migrants that entails . Yesterday 22 refugees avoided having to be detained and are now at an open centre with decent living conditions.
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13-08-2009 10:40
Video of police violence against migrants in Calais during August
A snapshot of what life is like for migrants in Calais[Full Story | 1 comment ]
12-08-2009 18:32
Stuff to plan for if you're coming to Calais, and a personal account from one person for Monday and Tuesday this week to give you an idea of what sort of work we're doing
Guide for activists coming to Calais & a personal account
Stuff to plan for if you're coming to Calais, and a personal account from one person for Monday and Tuesday this week to give you an idea of what sort of work we're doing
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12-08-2009 12:55
SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST from 2pm
RALLY
DETENTION CENTRE (CRA) OF COQUELLES
near CALAIS
Coquelles detention centre (nr Calais) rally, 2.00pm 22nd August
SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST from 2pm RALLY
DETENTION CENTRE (CRA) OF COQUELLES
near CALAIS
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12-08-2009 09:56
In the last couple of days numbers of people monitoring and intervening against police attacks on migrants have reduced. If you are thinking of coming, or want to find out more, please contact us now or have a look at the blog to see what you can do in Calais. There are many roles, doesn't have to involve face-to-face with cops! Hanging out with migrants often reaps rewards in building relationships, finding out what is really going on and is appreciated as simple, but effective, help can be provided - sorting out lighting for squats, improving nutrition for a pregnant woman, working in the same internet cafe so police back off, basic medic work...
Numbers thin on ground in Calais, please come if you can
In the last couple of days numbers of people monitoring and intervening against police attacks on migrants have reduced. If you are thinking of coming, or want to find out more, please contact us now or have a look at the blog to see what you can do in Calais. There are many roles, doesn't have to involve face-to-face with cops! Hanging out with migrants often reaps rewards in building relationships, finding out what is really going on and is appreciated as simple, but effective, help can be provided - sorting out lighting for squats, improving nutrition for a pregnant woman, working in the same internet cafe so police back off, basic medic work...
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11-08-2009 14:33
As Immigration Minister Besson announced last night that he would provide free showers to migrants (four of them for 120-1800 people) as a measure to treat the scabies epidemic (showers do not treat scabies, which he knows being a former doctor) and demanding that the local authority support this work for "as long as it takes" (the same local authority that in July refused to allow humanitarian associations to set up showers), this photo show the reality of the "dignified" treatment of migrants in Calais that Besson has been infamously quoted as saying.
Policing with "dignity" in Calais
As Immigration Minister Besson announced last night that he would provide free showers to migrants (four of them for 120-1800 people) as a measure to treat the scabies epidemic (showers do not treat scabies, which he knows being a former doctor) and demanding that the local authority support this work for "as long as it takes" (the same local authority that in July refused to allow humanitarian associations to set up showers), this photo show the reality of the "dignified" treatment of migrants in Calais that Besson has been infamously quoted as saying.
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10-08-2009 13:04
Intervention prevents police attack - Come help turn the tide in Calais
This felt like a real practical prevention of police attempts to hassle, arrest and quite clearly attack migrants in broad daylight in the centre of Calais in front of tourists and Calaisiens. This was made possible by our numbers increasing only slightly today, so come to Calais and continue the work to support migrants here. Lots of recent info elsewhere on www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com[Full Story ]
31-07-2009 14:45
What's happening and ways to help
If you are coming to Calais to show solidarity and want information call (from UK) 00 33 6 34 81 07 10 from France 06 34 81 07 10[Full Story ]
29-07-2009 11:47
Around 9.00am this morning police surrounded the Pashtun (Afghan) 'jungle' and they forced all migrants to be photographed one by one and in groups.
"There are always CRS (riot) police coming to the 'jungles' in groups of about 20 at a time. Some sneak in through the trees, and then everyone is shouting 'police in the jungle'"
Thursdays are a common day for increased police raids so this may be a preparation.
Forced photographs of all migrants in Calais 'jungle'
*Wednesday 29th July (12.30pm)Around 9.00am this morning police surrounded the Pashtun (Afghan) 'jungle' and they forced all migrants to be photographed one by one and in groups.
"There are always CRS (riot) police coming to the 'jungles' in groups of about 20 at a time. Some sneak in through the trees, and then everyone is shouting 'police in the jungle'"
Thursdays are a common day for increased police raids so this may be a preparation.
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28-07-2009 11:22
do.Evictions are looming and we think the Erythreans may even be evicted tomorrow !!...
Please spread the word and get people over here as soon as possible"
Ongoing need for people in Calais
"We have a real lack of people from UK and France here this week and lots of work todo.Evictions are looming and we think the Erythreans may even be evicted tomorrow !!...
Please spread the word and get people over here as soon as possible"
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