A raid was made on the Pashtun jungle at 6.30 am on Tuesday ( 3rd August ) morning. No Borders activists were present and able to alert the people sleeping there. 5 Afghans were arrested, some of whom had papers and were therefore apparently arrested unlawfully.

Plenty of CRS vans were seen roamed about the town the next night but we neither witnessed nor heard of any arrests. This may have been because a new unit has taken over and were getting to know the area.

Some detainees at Campsfield immigration prison near Oxford have been on hunger strike since the evening of Tuesday 2nd August. Here is the statement that they released, entitled "Unlawful Detention of Detainees":

147 detainees are staging a protest by refusing meals at Campsfield immigration removal centre. The protest erupted as a result of the treatment of detainees in detention centres especially for people who have been detained for a long period of time. We continue to refuse meals indefinitely for our voices to be heard.

Some updates and news from activities in Calais, from the various squats in the area and police repression against migrants and supporters.

Tuesday 27th July: Africa House II is raided & unit 7 of CRS goes on the prowl

The new space inhabited by around two dozen East African and Pashtun migrants was raided yesterday morning in a fairly large CRS operation.