Thursday 4th February, 10am, Conway Hall, Bertrand Russell Room
25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube: Holborn)

We are pleased to invite you to this press conference to inform you
about the current situation of migrants in Calais and the new project[1] by NoBorders and Sôs Sans Papier in the town. [2]

A new self-organised space, known as the Kronstadt Hangar, is being
opened this week by French group SôS Sans Papier and the NoBorders
Network in Calais.

Activists from the transnational No Borders network and the French
organisation, SôS Soutien aux Sans Papiers, have opened a large warehouse for migrants in Calais[1].

The building is to be an autonomous space for migrants and activists struggling for the right to freedom of movement. It will be host to information-sharing, debate and practical solidarity. The Kronstadt building is located in the town that has become the symbol of Fortress Europe, a place where police arrests and beatings of migrants are a daily occurrence, and where night-time pursuits are relentless[2].

(source: indymedia london) On Saturday 28th November 2009, despite a heavy presence of riot police in Calais, French and British solidarity activists staged a cross-channel protest from Calais to Folkestone. Over 65 activists from across France and the UK protested against the tightening of border controls and the collaboration between the French and the British authorities, which is creating a heightened humanitarian crisis in Calais where hundreds of migrants now sleep rough and suffer constant police abuse, after being stopped from entering Britain, and having their homes in Calais bulldozed in September of this year.