NO BORDERS UPDATE: BRUSS VERSUS THEM

The No Borders Camp in Brussels is in full flow, mixing up education and action to spread the word about Fortress Europe’s repressive immigration policies.

After a crowd of around 100 assembled on Saturday (25th), the action got underway on Sunday (26th) with a demonstration targeting a local detention centre. A heavy-handed police response saw the crowd kettled and seventeen arrested. A photographer who took a picture of an injured policeman was snatched out of the crowd, pulled behind a concrete block and beaten up.

On Wednesday, a No Borders contingent joined the anti-capitalist block in the anti-austerity march (See Unrest For The Wicked).

Numbers on the camp have been swelling throughout the week and there are currently around 600 campers in Brussels. See next week for a full action report.

* See www.bxl.indymedia.org/action_timelines/timeline-nobordercamp-brussels