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The Speech of Refugees to the UN Special Rapporteur on Living Conditions

Refugees come to Calais with the hope of reaching the UK. Upon arrival, we are confronted with inhumane conditions.
We are faced with insecurity from this precarious situation – living in industrial areas, bushes, under bridges, next to highways.
The French government has pushed us out more and more with the use of police hostility. Despite the rough conditions we have been able to peacefully co-exist, however we have been moved out of all areas where this has been possible. We now find ourselves surrounded and restricted by aggressive fencing, barbed wire and walls – a constant reminder of how Europe feels towards us.
Concerning hygiene: we only have access to taking a shower once a day for 10 minutes, but the demand is greater than the current available access, so a lot of people don’t benefit from this option
The number of rats has increased due to the almost total lack of garbage bins or other appropriate waste disposal options. This forces us to dispose of our trash in our living areas, creating dangerous hygienic conditions. On top of this, it projects an image to citizens and police, who end up seeing and treating us as animals.
During the daily expulsions we are subject to, we are repeatedly forced to move from our living areas. Our belongings are destroyed or confiscated and people are mistreated, insulted or arrested.
During the last big expulsion, the government’s solution to housing was to force people to relocate against our will to CAES. CAES accommodation is un-ideal and unsafe, and those who resist even peacefully to moving are arrested.
Concerning the Dublin III agreement, it’s not realistic or effective. It’s a form of slow torture. It has forced us to be nomads, an existence that spirals into more instability and risk.
Refugees flee their countries out of fear and for opportunity and freedom but still seem to do so when arriving in Europe. They don’t necessarily mind where they end up but because of the way the Dublin agreements work and the fact people cannot claim asylum in most European many have considered living illegally in the UK as their last option. It’s the treacherous terms of the reforms that push people to risk their lives at the border.

Rendre hommage a nos freres mort aux frontieres

Nous étions près de 200 personnes, exilé.e.s, militant.e.s, bénévol.e.s associatifs, habitant.e.s de Calais à rendre hommage à nos frères morts aux frontières, victimes des politiques racistes du non accueil européen. Merci à tous ! Nous continuerons à faire porter nos voix !

pour plus d info lisez l  article  de la voix du nord: https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/567545/article/2019-04-13/les-exiles-rendent-hommage-leurs-freres-morts-aux-frontieres?fbclid=IwAR03OZJszxhimvrpnf67x_WmVCIPUg9Ly3NMqPtA2KNY8WZ1Pz_Z4PnW3FU

A memorial day

(English translation)

This is a press release concerning the homage moment on Friday 12 april at Calais Plage of refugees who died crossing the different borders.

In Calais, the political situation towards refugees is getting worse, especially in the last month and a half. This is expressed with daily police harassment and brutal police violence. The “Collectif Appel d’Air” is a movement of refugees and citizens who want refugees to have the right to open speech and take part in society and in politics.

The collective is organized and mobilized towards different demands. After the assembly on the 31th of March at Place d’Armes, the members of the collective want to organize a memorial and pay homage to those refugees, our relatives, friends… who died crossing the Mediterranean and the border between France and the UK. We crossed the Mediterranean, we survived. And now we’re facing the same problem at the French/UK border. We’re forced to take the same risk as before, putting our lives in danger yet again.

Europe and the Dublin Regulation is punishing and discriminating against us, forcing us more and more into peril. The people who try their chance in Calais will continue to try, will always try, even though they risk their life. Kiar, our brother of 19 years old, died on the 8th of March in a lorry for merchandise. Refugees in Calais have lost their family, brothers, friends… on their way crossing the many borders of Libya, the Mediterranean and France.
But the situation has not even changed. We anounce that the government is responsible to those who died at the border.
With these demands we propose that you join us on Friday 12 April from 18:00-20:00 at Calais Plage.

The mobilization will be based on the refugees own words, experiences and voices… as we throw flowers into the water.

Hope to see you all tomorrow !

A Memorial for Those who Died Crossing the Libyan- Italian and French-UK Borders

On the 12th April 2019 there was a memorial for those who have died crossing the border. The aim of the memorial is to remind the government that they are responsibility for the deaths of innocent people who have died trying to find safety. At the same time it is also the aim of the memorial to commemorate those who have died and have time to about them and be respectful.

This is a list of all the people who died crossing a border.

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Speech to UN

 

Refugees come to Calais with the hope of reaching the UK. Upon arrival, we are confronted with unhaman conditions.

We are faced with insecurity from this precarious situation – living in industrial areas, bushes, under bridges, next to highways.

The french gouvernement has pushed us out more and more with the use of police hostility. We have been moved out of all areas where peaceful coexistance was possible despite the rough conditions, , and we now find ourselves surrounded and restricted by agressive fencing, barbed wire and walls – a constant reminder of how Europe feels towards us.

Concerning hygiene: we only have access to taking a shower once a day for 10 minutes, but the demand is greater than the current available access, so a lot of people don’t benefit from this option
The number of rats has increased due to the almost total lack of garbage bins or other appropriate waste disposal options. This forces us to dispose of our trash in our living areas, creating dangerous hygienic conditions. On top of this, it projects an image to citizens and police, who end up seeing and treating us as animals.

During the daily expulsions we are subject to, we are repeatedly forced to move from our living areas. Our belongings are destroyed or confiscated and people are mistreated, insulted or arrested.

During the last big expulsion, the government’s solution to housing was to force people to relocate against our will to CAES, un-ideal and unsafe places, arresting anyone who resisted even peacefully.

Concerning the Dublin agreement, it’s not realistic or effective. It’s a form of slow torture. It has forced to be nomads, an existence that spirals into more instability and risk.
Refugees flee their countries out of fear and for opportunity and freedom but still seem to do so when arriving in Europe. They don’t necessarily mind where they end up but because of the way the Dublin agreements work many have considered the UK as their last option. It’s the treacherous terms of the reforms that push people to risk their lives at the border.

Beside destroying the camp police start arresting refugees

Since two weeks police keep arresting refugees .yesterday one young men dispear.refugees suspect that he might be arrested   by the police.the young men been seen yesterday night arround 10 pm.like always after the long journey ,the tiered refugee Sayed good nite to his friends and join his ⛺ to sleep.but in the morning the young men didn’t show up.the worried friends went to his tent but the young men wasn’t there.they call in his phone called friends no one knows where he is?

Lately people dispear like this.that start been the daily life of the refugees.