Information from activists on the ground in Calais points to the police preparing to destroy some or many of the ‘jungles’ housing around 1,800 migrants in Calais, this Monday 20th July or Tuesday 21st July. These ‘jungles’ are where people who have travelled across Europe wait in makeshift shelters, with little food or medical assistance, for their nightly attempts to get onto lorries making the crossing to the UK. Many of the migrants will be unaware of this threat.
Call out for cameras, video activists, legal observers to go to Calais
See also Calais Witnesses statement
French Tourist Office protest on Tuesday 21st July, London, 12.30pm
Model letter for MPs and MEPs
ALL OF THESE ABOVE POINTS ARE EXPANDED UPON AT THE WEBSITE
www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com
Please act now. We are calling for phone and email blockades of the French Embassy in London; Phil Woolas, UK Immigration Minister; the French Interior Ministry. All contacts at the end of this message.
We are calling for these targets as the UK Border starts in Calais – both the French and British states are implicitly involved in any attacks (legal or otherwise) that are launched against migrants in Calais. As the burning and destruction of the migrant camp at Patras in Greece shows, EU states now have little to fear in their attacks against migrants, as popular support for the far-right in the European elections shows. We need to show them otherwise. Of course, any other direct action is welcomed.
No Borders! No Nations!
To make the most of our calls, if you are calling from UK mainland, try calling from your area at these times:
9am -10am, Scotland
10am -11am, North of England
11am – 12pm, Midlands and East of England
12pm – 1pm, London
1pm – 2pm, South East and South Coast
2pm – 3pm, Wales
3pm – 4pm South West
4pm onwards, open season
French Embassy in London
French Ambassador, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
From UK 0207 073 1000
Non-UK 44 207 073 1000
58 Knightsbridge, London, SW1 X7J
or ask for police attache Msr Eric Battesti, representative of French poilce in UK working with UK police and immigration
French consulate in London
Tel 0207 073 1200
fax number 0207 073 1201
21 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2EN
Phil Woolas, Immigration Minister
Constituency address: 11 Church Lane, Oldham, OL1 3AN
Telephone from UK 0161 624 4248
Non-UK 44161 624 4248
Email
woolasp@parliament.uk
Honorary UK Consul in Calais
Telephone from UK 33 321 96 33 76
Fax 33 321 19 43 69
UK Consul General in Lille
Phil Boyle
Telephone from UK 33 320 12 82 72
Fax from UK 33 320 54 88 16
11 Square Dutilleul, 59000, Lille
French Interior Ministry
Place Beauvau 75008, Paris
Within France 01 40 07 60 60
From UK 331 40 07 60 60
See also Calais Witnesses statement
French Tourist Office protest on Tuesday 21st July, London, 12.30pm
Model letter for MPs and MEPs
ALL OF THESE ABOVE POINTS ARE EXPANDED UPON AT THE WEBSITE
www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com
Please act now. We are calling for phone and email blockades of the French Embassy in London; Phil Woolas, UK Immigration Minister; the French Interior Ministry. All contacts at the end of this message.
We are calling for these targets as the UK Border starts in Calais – both the French and British states are implicitly involved in any attacks (legal or otherwise) that are launched against migrants in Calais. As the burning and destruction of the migrant camp at Patras in Greece shows, EU states now have little to fear in their attacks against migrants, as popular support for the far-right in the European elections shows. We need to show them otherwise. Of course, any other direct action is welcomed.
No Borders! No Nations!
To make the most of our calls, if you are calling from UK mainland, try calling from your area at these times:
9am -10am, Scotland
10am -11am, North of England
11am – 12pm, Midlands and East of England
12pm – 1pm, London
1pm – 2pm, South East and South Coast
2pm – 3pm, Wales
3pm – 4pm South West
4pm onwards, open season
French Embassy in London
French Ambassador, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
From UK 0207 073 1000
Non-UK 44 207 073 1000
58 Knightsbridge, London, SW1 X7J
or ask for police attache Msr Eric Battesti, representative of French poilce in UK working with UK police and immigration
French consulate in London
Tel 0207 073 1200
fax number 0207 073 1201
21 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2EN
Phil Woolas, Immigration Minister
Constituency address: 11 Church Lane, Oldham, OL1 3AN
Telephone from UK 0161 624 4248
Non-UK 44161 624 4248
woolasp@parliament.uk Honorary UK Consul in Calais
Telephone from UK 33 321 96 33 76
Fax 33 321 19 43 69
UK Consul General in Lille
Phil Boyle
Telephone from UK 33 320 12 82 72
Fax from UK 33 320 54 88 16
11 Square Dutilleul, 59000, Lille
French Interior Ministry
Place Beauvau 75008, Paris
Within France 01 40 07 60 60
From UK 331 40 07 60 60
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Revised Date and Time for the Protest
16.07.2009 19:12
Demonstration at the French Embassy in London, Monday 20th July 12.30pm - 2:00 pm.
French Embassy,
58 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7JT
Tube station: Knightsbridge (Piccadilly line)
No Borders Brighton
e-mail:
bightonnoborders@riseup.net
Homepage:
http://nobordersbrighton.blogspot.com/
ooh! i've got an idea for an action to 'help' the migrants...
16.07.2009 23:14
oh no wait they did last month
fiddle
ooh! i've got an idea for an ignorant and unwitty comment...
17.07.2009 08:43
The destruction of the Jungles was flagged up well in advance of the Calais No Border Camp and the presence of the Camp and the on-going activities in and around Calais by activists from both sides of the Channel is not the factor that is attracting "thousands of police to come and evict/arrest/abuse etc as many migrants as they can." In fact the eviction/arrests/abuse of migrants decreased significantly whilst the Camp was in Calais.
The only person displaying self-righteousness here is you Fiddle.
whileromeburns
phone numbers
19.07.2009 14:27
Some direct phone numbers at the embassy and consulate if you want to phone in and protest over the phone:
0207 073 1005 – Office of the ambassador
0207 073 1009 – Ambassador’s adviser (Mr. Poimboeuf)
0207 073 1039 – Embassy’s director (Mr. Da Silva)
0207 073 1024 – Head of Press Office at the Embassy (Mr. Tribolet)
0207 073 1027 – Press adviser (Mr. Voituriez)
0207 073 1182 – Office of the French consul in London (Mr. Cochery)
Maurice