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Home | Friday 17th July 2009 | Issue 684

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CALAIS BRUISE CREWS

Calais migrant-support activists have received word that a major police operation is planned for next week. As we reported in SchNEWS 682, thousands of migrants hoping to get into the UK hide out in the Calais area, waiting for their chance to cross the channel. The police are said to be planning the clearance of the shanty dwellings and squats that house the migrants on Tuesday (21st), followed by a mass deportation of Afghani migrants on Thursday (24th). 

France’s Interior Minister Eric Besson made it clear in January that he wanted to see all migrants removed from Calais and the surrounding area by the end of this summer. And the project has already started, with the bulldozing of camps at Loon-Plage and Teteghem and the destruction of squats in Calais. 

Activists are sending out an urgent call-out for people to get down to Calais to support the migrants and act as legal observers. Call 07884 040683, email calais.press@riseup.net or see www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com

* London No Borders and No Borders Brighton are calling a demo at 12.30pm outside the French Embassy, 58 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7JT on Monday 20th July to protest the repression. (Brighton station meet-up 10am)

* The next No Borders camp will be held August 25th-31st on Lesvos, a Greek island which serves as a main entry point for thousands of refugees and migrants looking to reach Europe. For details see www.lesvos09.antira.info



 

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