Monthly Archives: July 2009

Details of mitie-immigration raid

“When she arrived in this room, the manager Donna Sidley and another woman called Ivon were laughing their heads off.” Seven cleaners were detained after a raid by immigration police on 14th July, which took place with the complicity of … Continue reading

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Resistance to Deportations :Lesvos, Greece

Lesvos: Solidarity gathering blocks and prevents the deportation of 62 migrants The following news comes from Mytilini, where a NoBorders Camp is set to take place on August 25-31. In the bosses’ world, we are all foreigners. A participant’s account, … Continue reading

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Occupied London On Patras and the rise of the right

Hitler on tiptoes: The subtle rise of fascism in Greece The order has finally been carried out: The migrants staining the image of the city have been removed from public sight. NGO’s, the oh-so-pragmatic Left, good christians and dutiful citizens … Continue reading

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calais update – 21/09

* Tuesday  July 2009 (9:20 am) The night passed with activists hanging around with migrants who were more visibly shaken than usual by the deportation threats. Activists patrolled other jungles in cars in an attempt to monitor the police.  It … Continue reading

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Demo Report and more details of immigration raid

Over 70 people demonstrated outside the Willis Building in support of the detained Mitie Cleaners  – and the continued persecution of organised migrant labour. More details on raid: 7 Cleaners get detain in an immigration raid with the complicity of … Continue reading

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Calais Update – Monday 20/7

NEW INFO LINES If you are coming to Calais to show solidarity and want information call 0033 668 595765 (english) or 0033 630 225982 (french and spanish) Latest information from activists on the ground in Calais *Monday 20 July 2009 … Continue reading

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DALE FARM EVICTION CONTRACT ATTRACTS NOTORIOUS BAILIFFS

Contact: Grattan Puxon 01206 523528 The UK’s most notorious anti-Gypsy security firm, responsible for the brutal Twin Oaks eviction in 2004, says it expects to take on the biggest clearance operation ever mounted against a village community in Britain in … Continue reading

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Europe to be "cleansed" of Sans Papiers?

With the burning and clearing of the main migrant camp in Patras, Greece (see article below) it seems there is a Europe-Wide attack on those without the luck to have a EU-Passport.On Tuseday next week the make-shifts camp whoch the … Continue reading

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Mitie – More Migrant Cleaner Raids

Today the Cleaners at Willis building get invite by Mitie for a chemicals training course, when all the cleaners were ready for the course, immigration officers raid the room and detain 3 cleaners, 1 Ecuadorian and 2 Bolivians. We invite … Continue reading

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Patras Refugee Camp Burned to the Ground

From Occupied London Blog: Sunday, July 12, 2009 (to be updated) In the early hours of Sunday, July 12 the refugee settlement adjacent to the port of Patras was “mysteriously” set on fire during a police operation. According to eye-witness … Continue reading

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