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Calais solidarity Demo UKBA Brighton

CMS UK | 01.04.2010 21:01 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | South Coast | World

Brighton CMS held demo outside the UKBA offices yesterday in Brighton, in solidarity with migrants in Calais and beyond.



Protesters gave out flyers on the high street and by the offices, and held a banner reading “UKBA stop joint deportations: Calais migrant solidarity.” About every week joint charter flights organised by the UK and French governments deport large numbers of Afghan migrants, many of whom have not yet had a chance to complete the asylum process. With the repression increasing on the ground in Calais, and on this side of the border, we demand freedom of movement for all and act in solidarity with those without papers.

CMS UK
- e-mail: calaisolidarity@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com

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hohoho!

02.04.2010 00:42

Yeah thats going to get them shit scared!

NOT!

hahahaha!

ammendment

02.04.2010 11:14

Sorry, please read the below ammendment....

No more joint deportation between UK and France. The JOINT charter flights were stopped by France in December 2009. However, BOTH countries continue to do mass-deportations of Afghan migrants on charter flights independently every week, with the UK using a London-Kabul route as part of "Operation Ravel".

So the struggle continues.....

CMS UK

Deportations from UK not France

03.04.2010 21:19

There have not been any deportations to Afghanistan from France since the joint charter in December - 9 men deported from France and 20+ from UK. The UK instead regularily deports to Afghanistan - the people deported have been through the asylum process and refused, no matter how farcical the asylum process is all is done with the apparence of legality...There are regular charter flights London to Kabul on Tuesdays. The only other European countries that deport to Afghanistan are Norway, Sweden and the Neatherlands.

Chiara Lauvergnac