Monthly Archives: March 2011

Bristol No Borders support all those in struggle against borders; against incarceration, particularly detention centres; against exploitation of workers, particularly “illegal” workers. We challenge the concept of borders and the systems that maintain them. We work to develop spaces of … Continue reading →

Anti-detention activists held a solidarity demonstration at Yarl’s Wood detention centre on Saturday, 5th March. Protesters wanted to show solidarity with migrant women incarcerated in the immigration prison near Bedford, as women worldwide celebrated International Women’s Day. They also wanted … Continue reading →

Greek government spreads rumours that all hunger strikers will be deported if they do not accept the offered 6-months “tolerance status”.  We remind that yesterday the government demanded all hunger strikers to be transferred to hospitals and to abandon the … Continue reading →

Boats containing over 1000 Tunisians arrived in Lampedusa on Monday.  The boats are reportedly leaving Tunisia from the southern coast from the port of Zarsis and the island of Djerba, an area near the border with Libya.   Article on … Continue reading →

  UNOSAT_LBY_CE2011_RasAjdirBorderCrossing-3MAR11_v1_HR From UNITAR/UNOSAT:  “Based on a rapid assessment of satellite imagery recorded this morning (3 March 2011 – 11:26 am local time) there are several thousand people located primarily within the Ra´s Ajdir border crossing facility along the Libyan-Tunisian … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx3cyo31zAs “… For your own people, at the time when you leave to emigrate you are already as if dead, the evening table is laid and your place is empty. I told them to weep for me for 40 days, … Continue reading →

By Frances Webber 3 March 2011, 4:00pm We should not forget, argues a leading human rights lawyer, how ready the UK was to use Qaddafi’s offices when it came to keeping African migrants and asylum seekers from reaching our shores. … Continue reading →

http://migrantsatsea.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/migrant-arrivals-in-lampedusa-resume-10-boats%E2%80%93500-migrants-arrive-during-24-hour-period/ Migrant Arrivals in Lampedusa Resume; 10 Boats–500 Migrants Arrive During 24 Hour Period After a week or so without any migrants arriving in Lampedusa, ten boats carrying approximately 500 persons arrived in Lampedusa and nearby Italian islands over a 24 … Continue reading →

The European Union’s migration policy : support for dictatorships to the south of the Mediterranean http://www.migreurop.org/article1817.html While protest movements are developing against dictatorial regimes in northern Africa and the Middle East, the statements and actions by European governments show that … Continue reading →

here’s a short summary in english On the 1st march (migrants’ strike day) activists from TPO social center manage to reach the Identification and Expulsion Center (CIE) in Via Mattei. They cross the first enclosure using a scale. They call … Continue reading →