Call for support of autonomous space in Calais

A few days ago, activists from the transnational No Borders network and the French
organisation SôS Soutien aux Sans Papiers have opened a large warehouse
for migrants in Calais as a response to the ongoing repression against the migrants
in Calais by the authorities. [1]

The building is to be an autonomous space for migrants and activists struggling
for the right to freedom of movement. It will be host to information-sharing,
debate and practical solidarity. The "Kronstadt building" is located in the town
that has become the symbol of Fortress Europe, a place where police arrests and
beatings of migrants are a daily occurrence, and where night-time pursuits are
relentless.

By this act, we stand in solidarity with those for whom border and immigration control is a discriminatory, oppressive and unjust reality.

The space i not, as the conserative british press has dubbed it, a "new Sangatte". It is a self-organised space to support freedom of movement, not to provide aid on behalf of a government.

( see Brighton NoBorders response to the article in the Daily Mail from yesterday
http://nobordersbrighton.blogspot.com/2010/01/not-that-old-sangatte-ii-things-again.html )

Of course, help is needed. If you want to support the space by either travelling to Calais, help to raise awareness or organise a supporting benefit or otherwise please contact noborderslondon@riseup.net

for more information and updates, see

http://london.noborders.org.uk

about the situation in calais, see

http://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com

[1] press release : http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/282

Contact email: noborderslondon@riseup.net