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On Thursday 24th, the court gave its decision about the new squat on Impasse des Salines: the inhabitants of the house have ten days to leave the place before an eviction...The authorities and the police have ten days to find a strategy to evict this squat and we have ten days to organize the defence of the place and to respond to this attack!
The inhabitants of the place have, for the moment, decided that they will stay in this house even if the police try to evict them. They will resist and they ask for our help for this. There are now more than 100 people staying there at night and more than 300 are coming there everyday for a cup of tea, a collective meal, French lessons, card games and to have access to the basic hygienic facilities (toilets, showers and water.)
The jungle near the Tioxide factory where different communities have built camps after the previous evictions is also threatened with imminent eviction. More than 300 hundred people are trying to live there and are facing daily police harassment (beatings, gassings, ID controls…).
We are currently very few people on the ground at the moment, some of us will leave soon and we have a lot of work to do… Everything which has been rebuilt after the last evictions is now threatened again !
A new exciting space now exist and it’s time to fight for it ! We need all the hands and energies available to try to organize its defence.
The repression of the past three months has already caused too much damages, let’s stop them !
French version :
Venez à Calais maintenant : expulsions imminentes du nouveau squat et de la jungle !
Ce jeudi 24, le tribunal a rendu son verdict à propos du nouveau squat Impasse des Salines : les habitant.e.s de la maison ont 10 jours pour quitter la maison avant l’expulsion...Les autorités et la police ont 10 jours pour trouver une stratégie pour expulser ce squat et nous avons 10 jours pour organiser la défence de cet endroit et répondre à cette attaque !
Les habitant.e.s de cette maison ont, pour le moment, décidé d’y rester même lorsque la police viendra les expulser. Ils ont décidé de résister et nous demande de les aider dans cet optique. Il y a maintenant plus de 100 personnes qui dorment dans cet espace et plus de 300 qui viennent chaque jour pour une tasse de thé, un repas collectif, des cours de français, des jeux de carte, et pour avoir accès à des conditions d’hygiènes basiques (toilettes, douches, et eau).
La jungle à proximité de l’usine Tioxide où les différentes communautés ont reconstruit des campements après les précédentes expulsions, est aussi menacée d’une expulsion imminente. Plus de 300 personnes essaient d’y vivre et subissent un harcèlement policier quotidien (coups et blessures, gaz, contrôles d’identité).
Nous sommes actuellement très peu nombreux sur le terrain en ce moment, quelques un.e.s d’entre nous vont partir dans les prochains jours et nous avons beaucoup de travail…Tout ce qui avait été reconstruit après les dernières expulsions est menacé à nouveau !
Un nouvel espace plein de potentiel existe maintenant et c’est le moment de se battre pour qu’il vive ! Nous avons besoin de tous les coups de main et de toutes les énergies disponibles pour organiser sa défense !
La répression de ces trois derniers mois a déjà causé trop de dégats, arrêtons-les !
New squat faces court & the jungle needs support!
The new squat, on Impasse des Salines, is facing court on Thursday 24th. The owner is asking for a fast eviction procedure on grounds the site could contain dangerous chemicals; even though the risk is minimal. Many people have moved to the outside yard as precaution and Medicine du Monde have now erected three large tents with toilets, showers and places for people to wash their clothes and where some people can sleep in the night.
There are about 100 people living at the site, and more coming to use the space during the day. The police have not been entering and it has become a precious and rare place where people can relax and do not have to fear constant harassment from police.
But the fast court procedure could see an order for eviction after only two weeks of people taking shelther there.
Diagram of the squat:
The jungle also needs support!
Outside in a new jungle there is also a larger occupation near the Tioxide Factory, where several hundred people are living, which is also threatened with eviction.
At least 4 new companies of CRS (riot police) have arrived and a small police plane has been circling. People living in the jungle are on alert and are very nervous because of increased presence of police and some people have heard there may be an imminent eviction.
There are lots of women and under-age kids living in the jungle. People are scared of police controls and raids, and are nervous about another brutal eviction.
To move hundreds of people will mean another large and forceful police operation that would likely result in many people in detention and facing deportation, as well as many back on the streets again trying to find somewhere to go.
Come support the Impasse des Salines squat and the occupation at Huntsman Tioxide!
Useful things to do and bring :
- bring tents, sleeping stuff, tarpaulin, shoes etc.. it is always needed and vital for supporting people to exist in this place.
- save as many tents as possible if there is an eviction! It is very useful to have people with vehicles who can save tents and belongings before the police destroy them or take them to the dump.
- collect food donations, firewood and transport water.
- bring cameras for documenting the police, *not people living there!
And prepare yourself to come! See here for a brief intro on coming to Calais.
Street controls
Daily controls on the streets continue with police vans constantly circling the city.
On the road near the Jungle the CRS riot police control, harass, mock and intimidate one female who was walking alone down the street.
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