Destruction of Calais migrant camps planned next week
imc-uk-features | 18.07.2009 22:39 | Migration | World
Following the announcement of a £15million plan to 'strengthen their borders', the British and French governments are planning to destroy the Calais 'Jungle' in northern France and mass-deport hundreds of refugees stranded there. Reports from Calais say the French authorities are preparing for the destruction of the make-shift camps next Tuesday, 21st July, with a mass deportation flight to Afghanistan planned on Friday, 24th July.
Calais refugees and their supporters are calling upon activists, independent journalists and legal observers to go down to Calais and help prevent this tragedy. A protest outside the French embassy in London has been called by No Borders on Monday [more action ideas]. A group calling itself 'Calais Witnesses' has prepared a statement and is asking groups and individuals to sign it. Two UK Green MEPs have also issued a joint statement condemning the 'inhumane' plan.
Related: SALAM: Destruction of the Jungle on Tuesday, 21st July | The Law of 'Jungles': The situation of exiles on the shore of the Channel and the North Sea (pdf) | No Border Camp at the UK border extension beyond the channel
Links: Calais Migrant Solidarity | Calais No Border | No Borders UK
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update from calais
20.07.2009 08:29
0033 668 595765 (english) or 0033 630 225982 (french and spanish)
Latest information from activists on the ground in Calais
* Monday 20 July 2009 (8:45am) News due soon about meeting between chief of police and Calais humanitarian associations. A demonstration is taking place outside venue now encouraging them not to collaborate.
updates posted at http://www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com
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UNHCR draws road map to help people out of Calais "jungle"
20.07.2009 09:48
http://www.unhcr.org/4a6091846.html
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