UK-RWANDA FLIGHT DESTINED TO DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS REMAINS GROUNDED
The first flight to Rwanda was due to leave London Stansted Airport on Tuesday. In the last few days, the number of people forced to be deported had dropped from 130 to 7 (mainly Iranian, Iraqi, Albanian and Syrian asylum seekers), following many individual appeals filed by lawyers of some British associations. Appeals and appeals…
The French State spends billions against migrants
In the Pas-de-Calais (a department in the Haute-France region of France), 425 million euros to push back migrants versus 25.5 million euros for emergency humanitarian aid In 2020, the cost of the fight against migrants spent by the French State was €1,364,920,528. An increase of almost 10% over the previous year. Reread this sum, which…
Ukraine: migrants held in detention centre despite bombing
By InfoMigrants – Published on: 05/04/2022 Dozens of migrants held in detention centres in Ukraine are unable to escape the war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday. Many of these facilities are in the middle of a conflict zone, as the country tries to resist the Russian invasion and thousands of civilians…
Spain plans to expel more illegal Moroccans as a result of its “historic” reconciliation with Rabat
Translation from InfoMigrants – Published on: 11/04/2022 Spain’s turnaround on the Western Sahara issue and its reconciliation with Morocco should allow the kingdom to expel more Moroccan migrants in an irregular situation. This should include the opening of two new air routes between the Canaries, Agadir and Casablanca. During Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s visit…
Tunisian shipwrecks: Six children among at least 13 dead
By InfoMigrants.net – published on 11 avril Two migrant boats overturned in the space of a few hours on Saturday off the coast of Tunisia. At least 13 bodies have been recovered — among them six children and six women. About a dozen are still reported missing. The boats had reportedly set off from Tunisia…
Walls, or how Poland joined the use of criminal methods for border protection
Bynobordersteam–2022/03/12 The building of walls is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon, and countries in all regions of the world separate themselves by barriers from their neighbors, explaining such behavior with the need to protect borders. However, in order for such a barrier to be created, it is necessary to have an agreement between two countries,…
Geneve – Support event against border repression
By – Renversé – Informations et luttes – Suisse Romande Some places end up being those of departure or arrival, while others are those of passage. The mountain path between Oulx (IT) and Briançon (FR) is one of them. Unfortunately, many people are seriously injured or die there because they try to avoid those who mechanically…
Fire at the new CRA (administrative immigration detention center) in Lyon on 28 February
By – 03/03/2022 by Crame ton Cra – Lyon 28/02 – Fire in the new Lyon CRA This afternoon a fire broke out in a cell in the new Lyon CRA (opened last January). According to the information we got: The fire broke out in a block following a suicide attempt. 40 people were crammed into…
Testimony of a ex-inmate from Vincennes CRA (detention center for immigrants), deported to Tunisia
“The cops woke me up at about 3am, then straight away they put me on the plane. It’s a small private plane. We publish this testimony from a ex-detained in the Vincennes’ detention center, a Tunisian national, married and father of a French child, who has been in France for many years, and who was…
Another death on the Polish-Belarusian border
From – Nobordersteam The body of another person who died on polish-belarussian border was found near the village of Topilo in Bialowieza Forest. It is a swampy area that is a death trap for migrants. A week ago, border guards detained a group of people mainly from Syria. People reported that one of their companions…