The Irish Traveller Movement in Britain is calling for a demo at 1pm on Saturday 4th September outside the French Embassy (58 Knightsbridge) against the recent policies of the French Government, which have resulted in families with children as young as 2 weeks old being evicted with less than 30 minutes notice to gather their things and left homeless on the streets of France. Others have been packed onto planes with no choice and sent back to their home countries. Some of the Roma have lived in France all their lives. Others came from Romania or Bulgaria when they joined the EU in 2007. The French government is exploiting a loophole in EU legisaltion that expressly allows for restrictions on the right to move freely for reasons of public order, public security and public health.

The protests will be taking place simultaneously across Europe. See more about the demos in France here.

Protest against Virgin Airlines' involvement in deportations, 21 September 2007 in Crawley, close to Gatwick Airport.

PRESS RELEASE
Sunday 13 June 2010

According to information received in the last few days, Nottinghamshire-based British Midland International (BMI), owned since last year by the German airline Lufthansa, is planning a deportation charter flight to Kabul, Afghanistan, this Tuesday 15th June.

In the last few months BMI have taken part in deportations to Sudan, Ethiopia and Iran.

London NoBorders calls on BMI to stop taking part in the forced deportations of refugees and other migrants. The airline is responsible for carrying migrants who are being deported from the UK against their will by the British Government.

This article attempts to chronicle some resistance to deportations across Europe in recent years. It is far from a complete database and is a work in progress.

From the 1st-6th June, the Stop Deportation network has called for a European week of action for an end to deportations.

In London, there will be demos outside the city's two main signing on centres, Beckett House and Communications House, on Tuesday 1st June, a discussion entitled "Challenging Deportations: past, present and future" on Wednesday 2nd, and a demo in Parliament Square from 2-4pm on Saturday 5th.

There is also a call for online action against two key cogs in the deportation machine: Carlson Wagonlit, on Thursday 3rd, and British Airways, on Friday 4th. See here for more info.

Protest against WH Tours , Crawley, a company which hires coaches for mass deportations, used to transport detainees from detention centres to airports.

As part of the European Week of Action Against The Deportation Machine, there will be demos at both London's reporting centres on Tuesday 1st June.

1pm-2pm: Communications House, 210 Old Street (off Old Street roundabout), EC1V 9BR . Picket organised by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! For more info see here.

3-5pm: Beckett House, 60-68 St Thomas Street, London Bridge, SE1 3QU. Demo called by London NoBorders.

Please bring banners and instruments!

[Reports and photos: | Communications House | BeckettHouse | ]