Posted by admin on Jun 26th, 2009
Friday, 26, Jun 2009, By Alice Cannet. Politics.co.uk
French riot police made 47 arrests yesterday following clashes with activists trying to lead Calais asylum seekers through the channel tunnel to Britain. ‘No Borders’, the charity which campaigned for migrants rights set up a ‘camp’ in Calais last week where they intended to instigate discussion with the migrants. But yesterday, things turned sour as a hundred migrants joined ‘No Borders’ activists to protest against migrants being removed by the French authorities. As the camp prepared for marches on Saturday, where several hundreds were expected to turn up, activists chained themselves to a detention centre for UK-bound migrants.
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Posted by admin on May 27th, 2009
No One Is Illegal-Toronto ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY! WORKPLACE RAIDS IN LEAMINGTON, ON
Early Wednesday (27 May) morning, Immigration Enforcement swarmed Lakeside Greenhouse in Leamington, ON arresting nine migrant workers, all women. Spread the Word!
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Posted by admin on Apr 24th, 2009
Apr 24, 2009. Canadian Press
HALIFAX, N.S. — Canada Border Services Agency officials were interviewing seven stowaways on Friday trying to determine their identities and whether to deport them or allow them to begin a refugee claim process. Authorities in Halifax have known since Monday that the illegal migrants were making their way to Canada, after they were discovered by the crew of a container ship a day or so out of Antwerp, Belgium. “We were notified by Atlantic Container Lines that they found two individuals on board their vessel,” CBSA spokesperson Jennifer Morrison said Friday.
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Posted by admin on Apr 16th, 2009
This Sunday, 41 workers will be handcuffed, dragged to an airport and placed on a plane to Thailand. They were arrested with dozens of others on their way to work or while packing food at Cericola Farms, in southwestern Ontario last week. Many of the workers were held at gun point. CBSA then lied to them and tricked them into waiving their legal rights. This is a targeted attack by the Tory government against migrants. Minister Van Loan can stop these deportations; Minister Kenney can grant them status.
YOU can insist that they do so.
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Posted by admin on Apr 10th, 2009
On April 9th, approximately 30 people gathered in Vancouver for an emergency press conference to condemn the unprecedented raids of non-status workers in Southern Ontario. Members of No One Is Illegal, Siklab Filipino Overseas Workers, Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, Iranian Federation of Refugees, Justicia for Migrant Workers, CIPO, and allies then took their message straight into CBSA offices, despite multiple security attempts to stop the delegation. CBSA insisted that the delegation return with an ‘appointment’ and threatened to call the police, but the delegation remained and briefly occupied the front offices – chanting and dencouncing the violence and brutality of the recent raids, sending a clear message that we are outraged and angered – that we will not remain silent as hundreds of non-status and migrant workers are being brutalized – that we will stand now before these raids escalate across the country.
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