European attention to the ongoing crisis of migration is mostly focused on the Mediterranean. The terrible plight of refugees stranded there is well known to the general public and activists. Meanwhile, for years the European Union is experiencing yet another, far less known refugee crisis on its eastern border, an issue which barely gets any
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French Activist Facing Jail for Assisting Child Migrants
French activist Martine Landry is facing jail and a fine after she was charged with “facilitating the entry of two illegal foreign minors”. Her crime: having taken care of and escorted these two children from the Italian border post to the border post on the French side. She will be tried in Nice on Monday 8th
Nantes: Students and refugees occupy the castle of Tertre
Since 26th November, students occupy the castle of Tertre in Nantes. The building, belonging to the University, was occupied with participation, and in solidarity with, the refugees. The trigger for action was Nantes left-wing local government refusal to house refugees, many of whom are unaccompanied children, and instead leaving fully functioning building capable of giving shelter
Greece: Solidarity groups warn of new refugee winter crisis
Protests at Vial refugee camp on the Greek-Turkish border coincided with public callouts yesterday for the international community to do something concrete to stop deaths from exposure and cold in the coming winter months. The camp on the island of Chios is a hotspot for people crossing over to Europe and has become notorious for
Greece: Elleniko refugee camp comes out on hunger strike
A majority of the adults being held at Elleniko II refugee camp in the former Athens National Airport are refusing to eat in protest against conditions at the site — and confronted Minister of Migration Mouzoulas earlier today, according to migrant support network infomobile. More camps at nearby former Olympic buildings, including the baseball and hockey stadiums, are
Greece: Anarchists call for solidarity as deaths mount at refugee camps
In this statement originally posted to the website of anarcho-syndicalist organisation Rocinante on February 2nd, the Greek group is calling for solidarity with refugees who have been dying at camps on the border with Turkey. A barbarity against human existence itself is evolving in Greece. A serial crime, brought about by the racist policies of the Greek
Greece: Refugee support centre squatters held in court limbo after eviction
A number of anarchists, including international militants Itziar and Iñak (pictured) have had their trial put off yet again in Greece following the violent eviction of three squatted social centres in Thessaloniki, Greece. The trial was supposed to take place on Thursday 26th, but has been rescheduled for June 22nd, marking nearly a full year since the
British Hospitality
Joseph walked up to the front door of Number Seven with some foreboding. He’d had a hard trip, having been chased down the road by thugs and mugged by the taxi service. He knew he looked a bit bedraggled, as someone who’d run out of money and been forced to walk a long way in driving rain
December 14th: Call for Solidarity from Calais
From Calais Migrant Solidarity ‘They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds’ In recent months, from Ventimiglia to Calais, state violence has increased against those who travel without papers. We see this in the re-introduction of border controls in various states in the Schengen zone that (among other things) resulted in new