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Migrant camp destroyed, local French town sets up camp outside town hall

calaismigrantsolidarity | 11.09.2009 10:43 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | South Coast | World

Solidarity with migrants whose shelters and belongings were destroyed by riot police

Camp Besson (named after immigration minister)
Camp Besson (named after immigration minister)



Tuesday 7th September at 7am it took 82 cops to detain 85 migrants at a long established camp (2007) sited on farm land close to the A26 The cops then cut down the trees in the copse where the camp was sited and torched everything except the single bag of possessions that each migrant was allowed to take and the equipment that local supporters from Fraternité-migrants were allowed to retrieve.

 http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lens/actualite/Secteur_Lens/2009/09/09/article_angres-le-camp-de-vietnamiens-clandestin.shtml
 http://www.lavenirdelartois.fr/actualite/Faits_divers/Faits_divers/2009/09/08/article_groupe_nord_littoral_1101062.shtml

But it is the local support that is the real story. 52 of the migrants were taken to Coquelles and 28 detained at the National Police station in Liévin. The later were released that afternoon, collected by volunteers and taken back to Angres. At 6pm there was a town meeting at which it was decided to set up a camp outside the town hall to house the 28 Vietnamese and 7 others who were found wandering around after the camp’s destruction. Volunteers stayed in the camp overnight as the old camp had been attacked on the previous Friday night and a couple of migrants beaten up.

Check out  http://www.politis62.org/index.php?title=Camp_de_migrants_sur_la_place_d’Angres
 http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lens/actualite/Secteur_Lens/2009/09/09/article_vingt-huit-migrants-relaches-hier-apres.shtml

Also  http://www.politis62.org/index.php?title=Cat%C3%A9gorie:Fraternit%C3%A9-migrants_bassin_minier_62

THE 52 DETAINED AT COQUELLES (near Calais) ARE THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION, CIMADE AND OTHERS ARE ORGANISNING THEIR LEGAL SUPPORT – and looking for interpreter…as the one they have cannot cope with so many cases.

Vidéo de France 3 sur le démantèlement du camp d’Angres

 http://nord-pas-de-calais-picardie.france3.fr/info/nord-pas-de-calais/Angres-:-un-campement-de-migrants-d%C3%A9mantel%C3%A9-57076993.html

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Sarkozy

11.09.2009 13:12

Sarkozy is President of France, not the immigration minister as the caption indicates

Besson


@Sarkozy

11.09.2009 15:14

I think you'll find the camp is called Besson after the immigration minister, but the banner in the picture at Camp Besson is addressing Sarkozy, the Prime minister.

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Made my day

11.09.2009 23:41

Best news ive heard all week.
Its about time the french did something about the scum trying to get over here

Barnsley-Bill


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It's scum like Barnsley-Bill that we don't want in the country

12.09.2009 01:04

Barnsley-Bill, it's fascist scum like you we don't want in our country.

There was a regime not long ago that had border controls, checkpoints and asked for "Papers, please!" Actually on reflection, there were several, and all unsavoury.

If authoritarian bigots like you have their way, we would all be living in small enclaves with no-one allowed in or out. Why stop at border controls on countries? What about a big fence around Barnsley to stop fascist scum like Barnsley-Bill polluting the neighbouring towns?

Smash all borders and all authority! Anarchy is freedom!

anti-fascist


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camp besson

12.09.2009 14:53

why isnt there a collection in this country to pay for the tickets for these guys?

then when they arrive we can show them how to apply for all the benefits they are entitled to

immigration worker


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