On Sunday 22nd of June a fire raged in a detention centre for sans papiers, undocumented migrants, in Vincennes in Paris. Eighteen people are in hospital after they were inhaling smoke. It seems the fire broke out after inmates protested against the medical treatment in this prison. A Tunesian man of 41 had died the [...]
Schiphol Fire in France
June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Another Camp Fire on Refugee Day
June 20th, 2008 · No Comments
We celebrate International Refugee Day with Alen from Iraq, Jeffrey from Nubia and Patrick from Suriname. The European Union has decided that undocumented migrants can be detained for 18 months. We agree that we prefer to be free. And we jam. Radio Ruisriet, de Uitklap radio in het Blauwe Huis. Jo van der Spek vertelt [...]
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From IJburg to Africa
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments
FRONTEX. A meeting with Amadou M’Bow, human rights activist from Mauretania. In Warsaw is the head quarters of Frontex, the European Agency that defends the borders of Europe and penetrates Africa. In Warsaw an international action took place on the 6th of June, see indymedia (Dutch and English) Amadou spoke to the press. How the [...]




