Monthly Archives: April 2011

  About twenty activists are blocking the entrance to the closed detention centre of Steenokkerzeel 127 Bis, Brussels, this morning. By blocking the entrance they want to stop the deportation of migrants with a Frontex charter flight. Support them as … Continue reading →

Sarkozy and Belusconi announced their demands of passport free travel within the EU this evening. Of course, anyone who has travelled on a Eurolines coach know that this was not always the reality, but it has both symbolic and actual … Continue reading →

Katya’s story: trafficked to the UK, sent home to torture: The experience of one woman, enslaved by traffickers and and shuttled across Europe to serve the sex trade. http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/apr/19/sex-trafficking-uk-legal-reform?INTCMP=SRCH

Refugee Action Coalition Press Release April 20th: “By 8.30pm Wednesday night, there were fifteen asylum seekers on the roof in Villawood detention centre, Sydney, Australia. There are asylum seekers from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan”. A large number of tiles … Continue reading →

‘If they do not release me, they can have my dead body’ Chinakam Ali Chinakam Ali, a Sudanese man from Darfur currently detained in Harmondsworth IRCis has now gone 16 days with out food. In protest at his continued detention, … Continue reading →

All around the world a global crisis (i.e. capitalism) is being blamed on ordinary people. Some people take more blame than others. Across Europe and North America a whole range of people are being classed as illegal. Migrant workers, that … Continue reading →

On 9 March, Barnardo’s announced that it had agreed with the UKBA to provide staff and children’s activities for the proposed new immigration prison for up to nine families at Pease Pottage, Crawley Forest. A group of activists from groups … Continue reading →

ABYEI: NEW BORDER, SAME OLD STORY 6.30pm, Tuesday 19th April, The Factory, Bristol (People’s Kitchen afterwards as usual) Hear first-hand reports from Abyei, Sudan, of struggles over a new national border, watch video & photos of the aftermath of recent … Continue reading →

Benefit for Bristol No Borders @ the Plough, Kilburn Street, Easton BS5 0EG. with Kilna Boy (folk-punk from across the Severn), Spanner (ska-punk faves, feat. new album!), Anarcho Folko (local folk-punk) Half Boy/Half Rat (local ska-punk newcomers) plus djs Olifka … Continue reading →

  Following the EU eastward expansion, countries like Bulgaria and Romania are progressively cracking down on those that try to cross their borders and rampantly working against freedom of movement. The Bulgarian government’s current target date for joining the Schengen … Continue reading →