Last Friday 30/11/12, the refugee tent camp at Osdorp, west Amsterdam, was evicted. Activists blocked the entrance to the camp from early morning but they were removed by police between 8am-9am. (Watch video here). After several hours all of the 95 refugees left on the camp were taken by bus to the ‘foreigners police’ station. Most of them were released later that evening, some dressed in just shorts and t-shorts in freezing temperatures.

The refugees were housed in a squat on Friday, a nearby social centre on Saturday and last night (Sunday 2nd November) they moved to a squatted church (‘de Vluchtkerk‘) in the Bos en Lommer region of the city. The owner of the church has said that they can stay there for the next 3 months.