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Tag: migrant struggles
Illegal pushbacks cause more Aegean deaths
Many will try to make another journey, risking their lives again to reach safety.
European Court of Justice absolves Frontex of responsibility for human rights violations
According to a recent European Court of Justice adjudication, Frontex is not responsible for border human rights violations.
Croatia: A new detention centre, but no solutions
European policies tend to support technical equipment, unreliable securitisation plans and procedures, and questionable police centres rather than new, effective, common policies on migration.
Must Britain’s borders be a site of brutality?
Ellis Fox rounds up and critiques the right’s most common arguments against immigration
Afghanistan Report — An urgent need to expand safe pathways
The Internation Rescue Committee (IRC) have released a report — ‘Two years on: Afghans still lack pathways to safety in the EU’ — highlighting the failings in the support and protection of Afghan refugees since 2021. The conditions in Afghanistan are still very bleak. Almost 20 million Afghans are acutely food insecure, the rights of
France: Campaign against new migrant detention centres ramps up
Despite noises about welcoming refugees from Ukraine in recent months, France is joining Britain in expanding the prisons-for-migrants system as part of its own ongoing “hostile environment” efforts. The Macron government is planning to open a number of new Administrative Retention Centers (CRAs) including a 64-place facility in Mesnil-Amelot, just outside Charles de Gaulle Airport,
France: Revolts in the migrant detention centres
Rebellions are increasing in the detention centres of Vincennes and Mesnil-Amelot, with deportation refusal, protests against appalling living conditions and police racism adding to unrest over the health crisis and rising Covid case numbers among detainees. Mesnil-Amelot Over the last several months, prisoners at Mesnil-Amelot have initiated many revolts and protest movements, with the most recent
France: Appeal trial for a group of activists showing solidarity with migrant people against far right ‘border defenders’ begins
On May 27, hundreds of people gathered outside the court in Grenoble, France to show their support to “Briançon 7”: a group of individuals who are appealing their conviction for “facilitating the irregular entry of foreign nationals” into France in December 2018. The story of ‘Briançon 7’ begins in the spring of 2018. On April
Close the Camps: Day of Action at Napier Barracks
A coalition of grassroots groups calls for an action against the Home Office housing of asylum seekers in ex-army barracks, which have been declared “unsuitable for human accommodation” by independent inspectors and “a living nightmare” by a former resident. On 22nd May, a coalition of grassroots groups and organisations will gather at Napier Barracks to
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Radical Reprint: Anarchism in China
There is a very obvious article to reprint from the October 1914 issue of Freedom, which is precisely why I’m selecting a different one.
Searching for Utopia in “Megalopolis”
Spoilers ahead: Did David Graeber really influence Francis Ford Coppola’s vision of the film?
Clapton fans expelled for “offensive” banners
The militant reputation that precedes Clapton CFC fans caused Brentford security to sweat ~ Yann Dey-Helle, from Dialectik Football ~ On September 29, the Clapton CFC women’s team – which plays in the 6th tier – travelled to Brentford for a championship match.
On the practices of radical punk
From shows in squats to militant action, punk shows the convergence between class consciousness, psychedelic consciousness, and consciousness-raising (1/3) ~ Alex Ratcharge, from Audimat ~ For all intents and purposes, let us say that I am neither a theoretician, nor a philosopher, nor a specialist in political matters, but a humble 40-year-old reader, also a fanzine publisher and the author of a novel (Shortcut to Nowhere) exploring the world of punk and autonomous squats in France and Navarre – fictions inspired by my experience since, to quote NOFX, “I've been a punk- rocker for most of my life”
Migration, tourism, and the knot in English identity
Why are so many people against immigration while so many of them desperately want to leave?
