There will be a solidarity demo for the Calais jungle in London on Saturday at 1PM, called by London2Calais and also publicised by Calais Migrant Solidarity. The location will be announced nearer the time, see the fakebook event page for updates. See call-out below.
There are also Calais solidarity demos taking place tonight (thursday) in Brussels at 8PM, tomorrow evening in Paris at 6PM, and in other towns in the UK and France. See Calais Migrant Solidarity for further details.
London. Emergency Demo: Open the borders, End the violence.
Called by London2Calais. See Facebook event for updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/175627206149662/
London 1PM Saturday 5 March. Location to be announced.
Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/175627206149662/
Due to the recent atrocious events in Calais, we are calling an emergency demo this Saturday. Location will be announced on the morning of the demo.
Minute by minute the situation worsens; from tear gassing children, to urinating on homes, to beating up a pregnant woman, the French police are stopping at nothing to evict refugees from the camp.
The very fact that the camp exists is shameful enough but to sink to these levels, despite a court order just days ago that stated evictions would be carried out without force, is abominable.
Alongside the French state and police it is also OUR government who are to blame, by inhumanely refusing to open the borders. Please join us in showing solidarity to those in Calais and show our government that they cannot continue ignoring us or them - we are NOT standing by to witness any more of Nazi Europe. This isn’t the time for us to sit back and do nothing when we have the power now to make a difference at this crucial time.
Stay posted for details closer to Saturday when we will announce location and plan for the demo.