Today detainees from Yarl’s Wood detention centre announced they were going on hunger strike. Yarl’s Wood is a 400-person capacity migrant detention centre in Bedfordshire, UK, run by Serco. The hunger strike follows another ‘Shut down Yarl’s Wood’ demo organised by Movement for Justice this afternoon, where hundreds of people … Continue reading
Yesterday the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visited Calais and announced plans to ‘definitively’ evict the rest of the self-managed migrant camp known as the ‘jungle‘. This follows the eviction of the southern half of the camp in the Spring. The news was almost certainly hastened by the announcement earlier … Continue reading
Received anonymously Wilson Storage and Wilson Parking benefit from the suffering caused by Wilson Security on Manus, Nauru and elsewhere. In the past week we attacked both subsidiaries with glue, concrete, paint and hammers. We will continue to attack Wilson Group until they pull out of detention wholly and permanently. … Continue reading
Updates on the struggles in the Identification and Expulsion Centers (CIE) for migrants in Italy Info on the impressive struggles for the destruction of detention centres in Italy, from Hurriya After the riots that destroyed the Bari Palese and Crotone centers, last February/March, in Italy only 4 CIE are now … Continue reading
Update from No Borders Ventimiglia on the events of 4-5th August, translated by Rabble. Note from Rabble: Hundreds of refugees at any one time have been stuck near the Italian coastal town of Ventimiglia since France introduced border controls with Italy just over a year ago. As in Calais, there … Continue reading
Responsibility claim for actions in solidarity with the 3 migrant squats evicted in Thessaloniki last week. Via Act for Freedom Now! On the morning of July 27th, the so-called left government of Syriza orchestrated an efficient operation of evacuation of all squats in Thessaloniki which housed refugees and immigrants. It … Continue reading
From the Anti Raids Network On Thursday 28th July, the Anti Raids Network received and shared a verified alert that immigration officers were carrying out an operation on Deptford High Street. Locals report that officers entered businesses but informed shopkeepers that they did not intend to arrest anyone, merely to … Continue reading
Last Wednesday (27th July), the Greek state evicted three squats occupied by migrants in the city of Thessaloniki, triggering reprisals by rebels in the city and beyond. This follows the eviction of the camp at Piraeus port, Athens and the expulsion of a new social centre in Lesvos. Report from … Continue reading
Received anonymously. On the night of Sunday 26th June we glued the locks and spray painted the entrance to Wilson Security on Sydney Road, Coburg in Melbourne. Wilson provides security at Nauru and Manus Island detention centres and are responsible for numerous, well documented abuses of detainees. Solidarity with the … Continue reading
The French authorities may be preparing for a new round of attacks on the self-managed “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais, where over 5,000 people still live despite the last wave of evictions in March. On Monday the mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchard, made a statement to French mainstream media announcing … Continue reading