Barriers to freedom of movement are on the rise

These days, it's not just migrants and sans-papiers who are being stopped and questioned by the authorities, but precarious workers, and stigmatised youth alike; all are being forced to undergo checks on identity and travel documents on the basis of their physical appearance.

Since July 2009, up to 3000 undocumented workers and their families [sans-papier] have occupied an empty office block in the 18th arrondisement of Paris known as the "Ministry for the Regulariation of all Sans-Papiers".

Read an interview with a Turkish trade unionist who is part of the occupation here.