This afternoon, Sunday 7th February, police raided the Kronstadt Hangar in Calais, smashing glass doors and arresting those inside.

The hangar, a new space for migrants and activists in Calais rented by the No Borders network and the French organisation SoS Sans Papier [1], opened yesterday afternoon to immediate repression from the authorities.

After the opening police blockaded the streets around the hangar and triedto prevent migrants from entering. In spite of this 150 migrants went in to have tea and coffee.

update 7th february 5pm: french police has raided the Kronstadt Hangar, breaking the doors.

from calais migrant solidarity: About 12.30 French time today everyone was in the No Borders/Kronstadt warehouse, chilling out, when police came to surround the building. People were told they can leave the building, but couldn’t return for lunch. Police say this is an ‘Order from the council’.

Since Saturday 6 February 2010 the Kronstadt Hangar, the newly opened space for migrants and activists in Calais, is up and running. On Saturday afternoon police tried to keep any migrants from attending the space by building lines in the street. However, about 150 migrants ignored the police and broke their lines. They gathered in the space with tea and coffee.