CALAIS MIGRANT SOLIDARITY presents: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

An evening of film, discussion and music

Featuring:
NO COMMENT documentary
MOST RECENT FOOTAGE AND UPDATES FROM ACTIVISTS ON THE GROUND
NO BORDERS CAMP VIDEO
TWO VIDEOS from 'THE GUARDIAN ' with the authors ,
AND MORE …

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

PIANO BAR / VEGAN CAFÉ . . .

The event is FREE! but donations much needed !

FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST from 7 pm

@ LARC, London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Nearest tube: Whitechapel

Rally in front of detention centre in Calais, 22nd August

SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST from 2pm
RALLY in front of the DETENTION CENTRE (CRA) OF COQUELLES near CALAIS

In Calais since 2002 and the closure of the Red Cross centre at Sangatte many migrants
wander along the coast of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, hoping to find a way to get to England.

In Calais more that 1000 migrants live in the woods (the "jungle") and in squats, in
indescribable conditions.

Updates from Calais

* Tuesday July 2009 (9:20 am) The night passed with activists hanging
around with migrants who were more visibly shaken than usual by the
deportation threats. Activists patrolled other jungles in cars in an
attempt to monitor the police. It has been a night of people arriving
from Netherlands Belgium UK France to show solidarity withy migrants in
Calais. Early in the morning CRS riot police shot tear gas into the Pastun
jungle and beat up and removed five people. Unfortunately this is nothing new in Calais these days

Call out for activists, legal observers, journalists

... and video activists to support migrants in Calais against imminent police attack and deportation!

The French immigration minister, Mr.Besson has officially announced
that plans for the destruction of the refugee camps in Calais and the
subsequent deportation of refugees will take place this week between
the 20th and 25th of July.

There is an urgent need for people to go to Calais to protest against
the clearances as well as to act as legal & human rights observers
as police begin destroying the camps and attempting to remove people.

Demonstration at the French Embassy in London, Monday 20th July

London NoBorders and Brighton NoBorders are calling for a demonstration outside the French embassy in London on Monday 20th July to protest the repression and planned mass deportations of migrants living around Calais, France.

Where: French Embassy, 58 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT
(nearest tube Knightsbridge)
When: Monday 20th July, 12.30pm

Report on London Indymedia

Rumours of destruction of the jungle in Calais next week

Information from activists on the ground in Calais points to the police preparing to destroy some or many of the ‘jungles’ housing around 1,800 migrants in Calais, this Monday 20th July or Tuesday 21st July. These ‘jungles’ are where people who have travelled across Europe wait in makeshift shelters, with little food or medical assistance, for their nightly attempts to get onto lorries making the crossing to the UK. Many of the migrants will be unaware of this threat.

Calais No Border camp statement

The following "Camp Statement" was agreed at a meeting of the camp on Sunday 28th June.

Camp Statement

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