Posted by admin on Dec 5th, 2014
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Esta vigilia marca el primer aniversario de la detención de LucÃa Vega Jiménez. Por favor, únanse a nosotros en la estación de Main, donde LucÃa fue inicialmente detenida al no poseer su boleto de pago.
MÃS INFORMACIÓN:
Todos los dÃas en la zona metropolitana de Vancouver, en varias estaciones del tren elevado y paradas de autobús, la policÃa de tránsito aborda racialmente a los migrantes. En total, trescientos veintiocho personas fueron reportadas el año pasado a la Agencia Canadiense de Servicios Fronterizos (CBSA, por sus siglas en inglés) por la PolicÃa de Tránsito, de los cuales uno de cada cinco enfrenta una investigación migratoria posterior a la detención, lo que sugiere que los otros cuatro fueron abordados por motivos raciales.
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Posted by admin on Dec 2nd, 2014
The moratoria on deportations to Haiti and Zimbabwe have just been lifted:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=index&crtr.page=1&nid=910599
This means thousands of folks face removal orders very very soon. according to the Canadian Council of Refugees, there are 3200 Haitians living in Canada who are affected, and 300 Zimbabweans.
Noii and other migrant justice groups nationally are trying to get more info, setup a way to reach out and let people know and respond and support, in the meantime please spread this basic info around as thousands of removals are likely
http://ccrweb.ca/en/lifting-moratoria-haiti-and-zimbabwe
Posted by admin on Dec 1st, 2014
Calling for access to transportation without fear! Stop transit police collaboration with CBSA!
December 14th, 4 PM, Main Street Skytrain Station
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This vigil marks the one-year anniversary of Lucia Vega Jiménez’s detention. Please join us at Main Street Skytrain Station where Lucia was first stopped because she did not have fare.
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Posted by admin on Oct 9th, 2014
Posted by admin on Oct 7th, 2014
The BC Coroners Service is currently conducting an inquest into the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez. Jimenez was a 42-year Mexican hotel worker who died while in Canadian Border Service Agency’s custody in December 2013 after being turned over to immigration authorities by TransLink police. Just prior to her scheduled deportation to Mexico, she hung herself in a cell at the Vancouver International Airport. She died eight days later, on December 28, 2013.
As part of a coalition of grassroots immigrant, community and Latin American groups, we have been denied participant status at the inquest. With the inquest coming to a close, we would nonetheless like to take this opportunity to reiterate our vision and demands.
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