Charity, the Perfect Alibi for the Expulsion Machine
France
Geneva Or Bust
Voices from the ‘Jungle’
Analyzing a Picture
A Glimpse into the Jungle: IWS Report from Calais
Stop the Killings in Calais!
Source: Calais Migrant Solidarity blog, an invaluable resource. Please visit them.
26/30 July 2015
One recent death here in Calais was that of a young Eritrean woman hit by a car on the A16 while trying to cross the road. While this is being reported in the news as a terrible accident, information we have been getting from those who witnessed the tragedy shows otherwise. Witnesses say that immediately before this young woman lost her life she had been in contact with the police. They say that she, along with a group of five other people, had been caught by police and then sprayed in their faces with CS gas. Afterward the people then fled across the highway, one by one. However, because the gassing had irritated her eyes so much, the young woman could not see when she went to cross the highway. She did not see and could not avoid the car speeding towards her, which hit her.
While in this case the police’s actions directly led to one woman losing her life, every day they are putting people in extremely dangerous situations. Continue Reading
Offener Brief an die Mutter von Rémi Fraisse
3. November 2014
Ich schreibe Ihnen diesen Brief zu einer Zeit, in der gewaltsame Proteste in Paris verdammt und friedliche Sit-ins gepriesen werden.
Ich habe meinen Bruder verloren unter Bedingungen, die denen ähnlich sind, in denen Sie Ihren Sohn verloren haben. Mein Bruder, der sich so sehr um meine Mutter gekümmert hatte, hat uns verlassen und wird nicht wiederkommen. Der Verlust meines Bruders hat mir einen immensen Schmerz zugefügt, den ich jedes Mal wieder spüre, wenn der Staat tötet. „Wo die Gefahr wächst, wächst das Rettende auch“, hat jemand gesagt. Jedes Mal wenn der Staat tötet, ist auch eine Gelegenheit, ihn zu stoppen, ihn zu zwingen, sich zu ändern, und allen anderen die verlorene Würde wiederzugeben.Continue Reading
