Calais people to people solidarity: action from the UK
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ska invita
back on the other side
that video is up here ... didnt realise she really slashed her wrists though...was originally reported as "attempted"...
ska invita
back on the other side
“People are just going to worse conditions in the camp, or if they do decide to leave it’s only to a smaller Jungle just down the road,” she said. “There’s a couple of little ones that have sprung up nearby, on the way to Dunkirk.”
...vulnerable.....
...vulnerable.....
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Best report I've seen so far. No idea why the BBC is unable to put a balanced report like this together.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
No man's land refers to the area of the jungle near to the main road which was cleared of homes a few weeks ago.
editor
hiraethified
She's just messaged me to say that the protest was postponed because someone died.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
She's just messaged me to say that the protest was postponed because someone died.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yes. Friend of mine was picked up for trying to jump lorries, told he was going to Bologne for detention and processing but was taken to Montpelier. Judge threw out case, he was released in the middle of nowhere so he walked back. This was December. He was picked up outside Lille and the police took his shoes, broke his rib and dropped him off to continue his journey.
Incidentally, he made it across and now lives in a hostel in Crewe sharing a room with three men with whom he does not have a common language.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Lots are being moved to the north of the camp for now as families in them and alternatives will take time. Some are such decrepit things that if they move them they are likely to fall apart so those will be left. A few are damaged beyond repair, like the famous pink caravan. And a few are moving up the Balkan trail.
Manter
Lunch Mob
lea has had a contingency plan for a while. Covers all caravans in site (not just hers) because the families in them don't care who 'owns' the shelter. The guys on the ground have all been planning for whatever was done to be a surprise
Manter
Lunch Mob
She didn't - she threatened to. She's an Iranian Kurd- she -and her family- are quite well known to volunteers etcSadly she did
Manter
Lunch Mob
Last night. We think heart attack. Refugee reps asked volunteers not to do anything to inflame the situation and to call off any protestsShe's just messaged me to say that the protest was postponed because someone died.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
To people who ask why so many people want to come to the UK, this sums up a major push factor. Nobody is going to want to claim asylum in a country whose police attack them for no reason at all, and from stories I've heard that applies to most of Europe. You might be pretty horribly mistreated in the UK but it's unlikely you'll have bones broken by men in government uniforms. Unlikely, but not unheard of.
We have one of the least violent, least racist police forces in Europe. And still they're pretty fucking racist and pretty fucking violent. Sickening isn't it?
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Then this may well have been a totally separate incident. Have mailed for clarification, but I don't doubt his honesty & integrity for a second!
e2a: As of last night every media outlet had refused to publish his video. This is either a)because it was far too graphic for the mainstream or b)they don't want the world to see what's really going on there.
It's total desperation:
Jungle refugees stitch mouths
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Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
ibtimes have just published first 'close up' video of stitching. Nothing from any other UK outlet that shows it.
Calais jungle: Refugees sew mouths shut to protest over their treatment during evictions
Calais jungle: Refugees sew mouths shut to protest over their treatment during evictions
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weltweit
Well-Known Member
That pisses me off, the public would benefit from seeing reality!
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Very well timed to show the residents of Dunkirk camp what will happen to them if they don't move to the new camp next week. And to make it all the more urgent for them to claim their glorified sheds at new camp before ppl expelled from Calais do
free spirit
more tea vicar?
this situation is so fucked up, I've been seething all week.
terrible knowing that all those lovingly built shelters are now being destroyed along with their occupants worldly possessions in many cases, it's so senseless, and so against the rationale and commitments given in court and in the press just last week.
I keep expecting to see the classroom we built getting demolished, apparently it's not meant to be, but it's going to be a bit odd having the community spaces left far away from the remaining camp areas. I like to think that it'd take them a while to demolish it, we fixed the frames together with 2 runs of scaf planks around the base and middle of the uprights with decent screw fixings, so I think that would give their lump hammers and crow bars something to think about. They'd probably manage it eventually, but there'd be a lot of swearing going on.
terrible knowing that all those lovingly built shelters are now being destroyed along with their occupants worldly possessions in many cases, it's so senseless, and so against the rationale and commitments given in court and in the press just last week.
I keep expecting to see the classroom we built getting demolished, apparently it's not meant to be, but it's going to be a bit odd having the community spaces left far away from the remaining camp areas. I like to think that it'd take them a while to demolish it, we fixed the frames together with 2 runs of scaf planks around the base and middle of the uprights with decent screw fixings, so I think that would give their lump hammers and crow bars something to think about. They'd probably manage it eventually, but there'd be a lot of swearing going on.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Yup. Lovely syrian friend of mine went to safe passage protest this weekend and kept asking for selfies with policemen as last time he protested he ended up in Assad's dungeon for 3 months then running for his life across Europe. He simply can't believe that he, a foreigner, could march through central London, arm in arm with loads of locals and the police would smile and take selfies and call him sir.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Ashram kitchen is being destroyed. Volunteers and refugees are kettled in it at the moment.
Treacle Toes
Time
Manter
Lunch Mob
The one I know about is the one subdued by truncheons. Helprefugees put the video up- all media outlets used stills so you can't see 4 month pregnant woman being beaten.
Treacle Toes
Time
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quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Fucksakes. Cunts. I don't know what else to say.
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