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Calais : open letter from No Border squat

No Borders Calais | 18.06.2013 14:07 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression

A letter to the court from the occupants of an overcrowded squat, housing 50+ people from Sudan, Chad, Somalia, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Albania and from countries across Europe...  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/06/510590.html





If there was a place for new migrants to stay it would give people a better chance for a better future. In Calais there is no-where for migrants to sleep.

If we are kicked out of this house out we have no-where to go. We are without family in Calais and do not have other places to stay.

This house gives us a chance for people from different countries and different cultures to stay in one place together off of the street.

If we are given a chance we want to live together with people in Europe.

All people living in this house have run away from problems in different countries. We did not leave our country for nothing.

And this is the only home we have now.

If you can help us, give us more time, more space and more chance.

The people living here do not have any money, and it is not life here.

No money to rent a house. And we cannot rent anywhere without papers.

This is the only place we can stay.

We live in a little hole right now. We are like mice running from cats. Don't close this hole.

We thought Europe would be a paradise, but don't change paradise to hell.

It can be a long day in Calais. There is too much cold outside and inside the house. The weather is difficult and there is no-where to put our head. We sleep on the floor, underground and aboveground.

And inside us we have too much problems.

Here there is water, a toilet but no shower. Before there was electricity but now we use candles at night.

We buy a can of tomatoes for 250g and cook it with pasta or rice to make food for everyone everyday. But it is not enough. There is not coffee or tea or sugar for the people. Only water.

We live our lives in a queue, everywhere. For food, for shower, for toilet, for prefecture, for everything.

France is a big country and has a history that says they know human rights for people from Third World countries. Where are the human rights?

We want people from France to care about us and about our problems and help find a solution for our life and troubles.

And to give us emotions and happiness for our lives.

People can fall into crime if you don't care about us.

If people do not give a hand to us we will fall deeper into problems.

We are all people. Everyone should have a good life and a chance in life.

Our life is not over but it is not easy. We tried to leave problems and we find more problems. There is no justice.

We need people to open a new gate for a a new family in Europe.

No Borders Calais
- Homepage: http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com

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