Borders / Migration

06 Nov 07, No Border Camp First Day: The No Borders Camp succesfully established itself on the U.S./Mexico border today. After a nearly four- mile march to the site, about 100 activists on the U.S. side and 25 activists on the Mexico side were met with a heavy border patrol presence. Nonetheless, the activists were allowed to set up the camp while the Border Patrol set up various sets of stadium lighting, barking dogs and different types of weaponry..." more

from noborders 1.10.2007: For more than a year, collectives and individuals from across North America have been coming together to organize this mobilization.

Here, in November 2007 No Borders Camp is a creative week-long action in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. We are planning to establish large campsites on both sides of the border. more

from various sources, 29 September 2007: "Countless nights have been spent gazing into the Seeing Stones. Many things have been seen inside those murky depths. Everything in there is Black. The future holds much darkness for everyone. We see it spreading already, outside our very doors; the barbed wire fences stretching for miles, the animals in the desert prowling at night for someone to kill, the camps nestled in our backyards, the camps where people hold tightly onto their friends as they slowly die, the camps holding mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers away from each other..." more

Transport from Central London: Coaches leaving : 9.30am - University London Union, Malet Street, London WC1. For tickets* call: 07983 274 568 or email noborderslondon@riseup.net more

from imc-uk, 25.09.2007: "Come along to the London No Borders meeting on Thursday! If you wanna talk about the Gatwick No Border Camp (good and bad points!) and get involved in future No Border actions in the London area, please come along to the London No Borders meeting this Thursday at 7pm at the Transport and General Workers Union, 126 Theobalds Road, Holborn, WC1X 8TN..." more

from various sources, 30 Aug 2007: As the government started to build a new immigration prison (Brook House at Gatwick Airport, near Crawley), the No Border Camp is getting closer: Sept 19-24. Among the various actions announced, Saturday, September 22nd, will see a demonstration from Crawley to Tinsley House, the already existing immigration prison at Gatwick, next to the planned site of the new centre.  more

from Censored blog: SASABE, Ariz. -- Another industry has been privatized in the United States by the Bush administration. This time it is the transportation of migrants for deportation.

The Wackenhut Corporation, whose buses wait along the border to be filled with migrants for deportation, is actually a subsidiary of the Danish security corporation G4S (Group Securicor) in Denmark. more

Updated 5 September 2007: Latest information on the next benefit for the Gatwick No Norders Camp (8 September @ Ramparts). We invite all people who want to get be involved /are involved already to another meeting to plan the camp: Saturday September 8th, from 1pm at Rampart Social Centre, 15-17 RampART Street, London, E1 2LA more

Greek police have clashed with African immigrants protesting over the death of a Nigerian man in the northern city of Thessaloniki at the weekend. The Nigerian in his 20s died after he jumped from a building where he was selling pirated DVDs in a cafe. more

from imc-uk, 18.08.2007: Yesterday was the day of action at the Ukraine No Border Camp. Near the camp are two immigration prisons where people trying to enter the EU are incarcerated. After hearing first-hand from an ex-detainee about the conditions inside the Pavshinov camp, some participants of the No Border camp decided to pay these prisons a visit. These were the first demonstrations against these prisons in the area.  more

No Borders Camp Meeting - 19 August, 1pm @ LARC +++ reposted from imc-uk, 17.08.2007: Something very sinister is happening in your back garden... Want to find out more? A 'guided tour' of the nearby detention centres (prisons for migrants) can be organised on request from the Climate Camp! Interested? Call 07933 309853 more

from imc-uk, 14.08.2007: "About 300 people are currently meeting in the foothills fo the Transcarparthian mountains. They are from the Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia, Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Greece, UK, United States and probably other places we have forgotten..."  more

from no borders uk, 04.08.2007: Coaches from London available +++ The UK No Borders network is calling on all concerned individuals and groups all over the world to join us in an international coordinated day of action against immigration prisons everywhere on 22 September, 2007... more

from various sources, 9 August: Saturday 11th August, 7pm til late, Benefit gig for the Gatwick No Border Camp at Cross Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX +++ No Borders activists announced a demonstration at Gatwick for Saturday September 22nd... more

from noborderscamp.org: "We are currently an informal network of collectives, working groups, and individuals, in many cities, on both sides of the border. We are planning a no borders action camp for the second week of November 2007, in the region of Calexico and Mexicali. The PGA hallmarks are the basic points of unity for the mobilization..." more