Bristol No Borders: Solidarity Statement to Greek Hunger Strikers

On January 25, 300 migrant workers went on hunger strike in Athens and Thessaloniki.
Their main demand is to be legalized. As of 2nd Feburary their struggle continues.

Messages have come from all around the World. We wish to add ours.

The Border between Greece and the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most heavily militarized in the World with the EU’s unaccountable and armed paramilitary security force – FRONTEX – patrolling, now not only the seas, but more recently. the border between Turkey and Greece..

Hundreds have perished in the seas, some having their boats deliberately capsized by FRONTEX patrols..

Those who make it (and those who don’t) are actively challenging the rationale of the securitization of our borders and the social and economic inequalities that they protect.

We send our message of thanks to the hunger strikers for standing up to the brutality of the border regime(s) that will sooner or later effect us all.

Movement #4 – No Borders Newsletter

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You can keep up to date with these stories and more on the Movement website, which hosts extensive links from across the movement for freedom of movement and equality for all (and beyond).

New Newsletter! – Movement #1

 

 

The No Borders UK Newsletter has been rotated around local No Borders  groups for the last few years. Last month’s  network gathering in London, signalled that it is now our turn to produce the publication. We  intend to create a more regular and broad based periodical, drawing in others that work to end the inhuman cycle of detention, deportation and death through the abolition of migration control. As a statement of intent we are re-naming and re-launching!

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SO… (drum roll…) we proudly present the first issue of ‘Movement’, a monthly newsletter covering the latest updates from the No Borders Network and beyond. This début issue is packed with articles on (follow the links find the original unedited versions);

• The situation in Calais,
• Resistance to deportation flights,
• A call to action at the UN Climate Conference,
• A report on a picket of the UKBA at Beckett House,
• Action at the Arora Hotel,
• The closure of Pagani Detention Centre,
• Blockade of detention centres in Belgium,
• Colnbrook blockade arrests ruled unlawful,
• Strike by migrant workers in Paris,
• ‘Defence Leagues’ defeated in south Wales

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1. print, photocopy and distribute copies in your local area.
2. share this link online, forward it to anyone who might be interested or better still publish your own article promoting the newsletter.
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