Calais: Solidarity Needed!

Around 2000 migrants liv­ing in squats and camps in Calais, France, are under threat of evic­tion and depor­ta­tion as the French immi­gra­tion min­is­ter has vowed to destroy their homes. Reports (includ­ing a state­ment by the French immi­gra­tion min­is­ter) sug­gest large-scale clear­ances of camps could take place this week.

Around 2000 migrants liv­ing in squats and camps in Calais, France, are under threat of evic­tion and depor­ta­tion as the French immi­gra­tion min­is­ter has vowed to destroy their homes. Reports (includ­ing a state­ment by the French immi­gra­tion min­is­ter) sug­gest large-scale clear­ances of camps could take place this week. Activists, locals and migrants are work­ing to oppose police bru­tal­i­ty, depor­ta­tions and the destruc­tion of the camps.

Calais is just one of many points across Europe where repres­sion against migrants is at its most vis­i­ble. Here, around 2000 peo­ple, unable to cross the bor­der into Britain, are per­se­cut­ed by French police; beat­en, harassed, forced to sleep rough in near­by woods, & attacked dur­ing the night.

Peo­ple are urgent­ly need­ed in Calais to sup­port the migrants in their fight for free­dom of move­ment. Come and do some­thing real­ly mean­ing­ful and direct­ly effec­tive now!

Check out Calais Migrant Sol­i­dar­i­ty http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ for info on con­tact­ing peo­ple there, what to bring, where you can stay. (You can get a fer­ry cross­ing for £10!)

More back­ground infor­ma­tion on the sit­u­a­tion in Calais at http://london.noborders.org.uk/calais2009

Sol­i­dar­i­ty call-out http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/438182.html