Come to Rampart to find out about the no borders camp + in Lesvos (25-31 August 2009). A night of discussion\, videos\, photos and information to raise awareness and mobilise for the camp on the island of Lesvos (Greece)\, one of the main entrance gates for thousands of mig rants seeking to enter Europe.
\nMore than 1.100 migrants and refu gees have lost their lives that way in Aegean sea in the last 20 years. The Hellenic Coast Guard\, with the support of Frontext (the EU borders police\, which started operating on the island in July 2008)\, within th e framework of "prevention of entrance" policies put the lives of migran ts in danger every day. Lesvos is the site of a detention centre where r efugees and migrants are detained for weeks and sometimes months under i nhumane conditions. Those who manage to continue their journey\, if caug ht\, are sent back to Greece in application of the Regulation Dublin II. (more at http://lesvos09.antira.info/). Yet\, the community in Lesvos i s involved in supporting the migrants\, particularly those engaged in th e centre for under-18s.
\nThe info night will also include firstha nd accounts about the lives and struggles of migrants at the Southern ed ge of the EU borders . It will also be a space to share the experience a nd reflections from the recent no borders camp in Calais and to coordina te actions and projects between the two camps across the two sides of th e Continent and to jon the fight against the practices of control and re pression of the EU border regime\, against criminalisation of migration and for the freedom of movement for all!
\n(Food will be served fr om 8.30 pm)
URL:http://london.indymedia.org/events/1731 SUMMARY:No borders lesvos info night/cafe LOCATION:rampART
15 -17 Rampart Street\, London E1 2LA (near Whit
echapel\, off Commercial Rd)