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Calais Jungle eviction Day 1; update on collaborators

February 29, 2016 news

They came at 7AM and gave people one hour to leave. 50 plus vanloads of CRS riot cops. 20 odd demolition workers with crowbars. Some bulldozers. One water cannon. To demolish the dwellings of 100-200 people, in one corner of the jungle. People fought with stones against uncountable rounds of … Continue reading

French ambassador’s launch party disrupted in solidarity with Calais jungle

February 24, 2016 news

Yesterday evening (23 February), in response to the call for international solidarity with the Calais Jungle facing eviction, 30 to 40 people stormed into an elite party hosted by the French ambassador. The party was being held in private members club “Shoreditch House” in the east London hipster heartland, to … Continue reading

Calais: jungle will be cleared by Summer, next mass eviction begins in one week

February 13, 2016 news

Yesterday morning (Friday 12 February) the prefect of the Calais region Fabienne Buccio announced the next wave of mass eviction of the Calais “jungle” camp, giving seven days warning to the 2000 people who will be cleared from the Southern part of the site. The eviction will then take place … Continue reading

Brutal fascist attacks in Calais

January 29, 2016 news

Fascist attacks on migrants in and around Calais are increasing in number, organisation and seriousness. In recent weeks people have been threatened with guns and knives, attacked and severely beaten including with iron bars. Neonazi and police units are actively working together, collaborating to terrorise people through both legal and … Continue reading

Calais: 6 held in prison for storming “Spirit of Britain”, trial in February

January 25, 2016 news

Today (25 January) 8 people appeared before the court in Boulogne (near Calais), after Saturday’s mass invasion of the port and occupation of the ferry “Spirit of Britain”. The judge set the next hearing for 22 February. 6 of the defendants were without European papers, and they are now being … Continue reading

Solidarity from Rome and Paris to Calais

January 24, 2016 news

Two images of solidarity. First, reposted and translated from Hurriya: Graffiti on the UK visa and immigration office in Rome. It reads: “Standing side by side with those who are fighting in Calais”. “Knowing the situation in Calais and the resistance against harassment and fascist attacks, we thought to visit … Continue reading

Calais: migrants storm port and board ‘Spirit of Britain’ ferry

January 24, 2016 news

A demo in Calais finished in spectacular style yesterday as dozens of migrants from former colonies & conflict zones stormed the port and boarded the ‘Spirit of Britain’ ferry. More than 2000 people from the Calais ‘jungle’ and others there in solidarity were marching under the official banner of “migrants … Continue reading

Calais: run down of ‘container camp’ collaborators as jungle evictions begin

January 18, 2016 news

As the state works to gradually demolish the Calais jungle, herd 1,500 people into a ‘container camp‘, and hope that the thousands of other inhabitants will just disappear, we share this info on some of the project collaborators. Most of the research comes from Cette Semaine, loosely translated by Rabble. … Continue reading

Calais: ‘container camp’ construction machinery torched

January 17, 2016 news

Two vehicles used to carry out evictions and construct the new ‘container camp’ - an authorised concentration camp mostly for families within a much larger, semi-autonomous ‘jungle’ - were set fire to on Friday night in Calais near the new camp. There have been no declarations of responsibility, but according … Continue reading

Calais: Rob Lawrie cleared of people-smuggling

January 16, 2016 news

Rob Lawrie, a former soldier and volunteer in the Calais jungle, was cleared of people-smuggling charges in a Boulogne court on Thursday after he tried to bring a four-year old Afghan girl to the UK hidden in his van. He was convicted of endangering a child (because she wasn’t wearing … Continue reading

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