On 16th June, 85 Afghans who had been on hunger strike in an occupied building were evcited by police. (See video in French here). The following day the Afghans demonstrated outside the immigration minister’s office. He told them that they (under police escort) could go back to the squat to collect their belongings but then they must “disappear”. (see video in French here).
This afternoon, Wednesday 15th June, the Collectif des Travailleurs Sans-Papiers de Vitry occupied the Ministère du Travail du 94, demanding a 10 year regularisation.
100 “failed” Afghan asylum seekers have been on hungers strike in Brussels since 31st May to demand regularisation. More details (in French) on the 100grevedelafaim blog and Facebook.
On Friday morning, a “failed” 30 year old Nigerian asylum seeker was found dead in her cell in a Zurich police station. She has been arrested on Wednesday at Zurich airport.
On 27th May, an AFTAM foyer in Paris which had been occupied for a week by Tunisian migrants was evicted and 17 people were taken into custody. Those with papers were released, bailed to return to court on 1st July, whilst those without papers were taken to Vincennes detention centre. A few hours later, AFTAM headquarters were occupied by 30 people demanding the withdrawal of AFTAM”s complaint of “illegal occupation and damages”. The following day, 100 Tunsians and their supporters marched through the streets behind a banner “Neither police, nor charity, a place to self-organise” , and then in the evening 30 people demonstrated outside Vincennes.
Meanwhile on the 30th May the occupants of Chrysalide, 14 rue Bénédit, in Marsailles were evicted by police. The occupants were a group of homeless Tunisian migrants who had lived there for a number of weeks.