Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever

Even though hundreds of children separated from their families after crossing the border have been released under court order, the overall number of detained migrant children has exploded to the highest ever recorded. [..] Population levels at federally contracted shelters for migrant children have quietly shot up more than fivefold since last summer, according to … Continue reading Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever

Too Political

Two transgender activists who carried signs against racism and for refugee lives at Antwerp Pride on 11 August 2018 were banned from their local trans organization as a result.  Members of the same organization were participating in Pride as part of nationalist-right wing but they were not deemed ‘too political’.  There are people in our … Continue reading Too Political

483 drown in the Mediterranean while rescue ships are trapped in port | Care4Calais

On 2 July, the Sea Watch-3, which was by then the only operating rescue boat still operating in the Mediterranean, was detained in Malta, alongside Lifeline, and not allowed to leave port. While rescue ships have been blocked in port, recent days have become the deadliest in the Mediterranean this year. On 1 July, the … Continue reading 483 drown in the Mediterranean while rescue ships are trapped in port | Care4Calais

Protests in Germany calling for the opening of the borders of the Mediterannean to rescue vessels that help refugees danger at sea. The Eu condemned sea rescue on July 1st and rescue vessels are being detained in the harbor and prevented from rescuing refugees since July 2nd. Read more: http://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/175465851203/sea-watch-02-july-2018-9am-cet-sea-watch Go to the next protest, … Continue reading

Yesterday over 100 dead on the Mediterranean, including 3 infants. There were no civilian rescue ships. We do not know the names of the dead, but we know the names of those who vilify, arrest, or even accuse the maritime rescuers. Horst Seehofer, Matteo Salvini and Sebastian Kurz and others . Your policy kills and … Continue reading

Sea-Watch, 02 July 2018, 9AM CET Sea-Watch learned today that its vessel is detained in Malta, without any legal grounds provided by authorities. Since the Sea-Watch 3 is not registered in the sportboat register, as is the case for LIFELINE and SEEFUCHS, but is listed in the royal shipping register as a Dutch seagoing vessel, … Continue reading

Wednesday June 20th, 2018. About 100 protestors occopied the fences and roofs of the refugee detention centre in Zaventem, Belgium, where a new ‘family centre’ is being constructed. Closed facilities such as this hold innocent people in isolated prisons far from the public view in Belgium.   The activists demanded open borders, legalisation of the 150.000 undocumented … Continue reading

Two year old Mawda Shawri was shot by police in Belgium A Belgian cop killed a two-year-old Kurdish girl during a high-speed chase of a van transporting refugees in Belgium on May 17th, 2018. The toddler died in an ambulance on her way to hospital. The cop that fired and hit Mawda twice claims to have … Continue reading

Medics mobilize against NHS patient data sharing

Sign and support Doctors of the World UK’s #stopsharing campaign – Keep border controls out of our NHS. “The UK government and NHS Digital, which stores NHS patients’ data, published a deal in January to give the Home Office easier access to migrant patients’ information. This allows immigration officials to get hold of patients’ personal … Continue reading Medics mobilize against NHS patient data sharing

750+ Immigrants on Hunger Strike at the Northwest Detention Center

CALL TO ACTION Tacoma, WA – More than 750 immigrants join hunger strike at Tacoma immigration prison; detained immigrants also initiate work stoppage to protest their conditions. Beginning Monday, April 10th people detained in the Northwest Detention Center went on hunger strike protesting terrible living conditions. The numbers of hunger strikers have grown over the … Continue reading 750+ Immigrants on Hunger Strike at the Northwest Detention Center

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