[channelcrossing] Calais eviction updates / Court case against eviction tomorrow/ New video by associations

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Please circulate, and come to Calais if you can ! ! !
Court case against the eviction at the tribunal in Lille tomorrow, 2 pm
The morning of the same day the judge will pay a visit to Calais jungle to assess the situation.The court case is the last obstacle to the eviction, as the government and local authorities are decided to go ahead.
Most people in the jungle do not want to move, in the absence of viable alternatives proposed.
Call-out for international support against Calais evictions and against the borders // Appel ? soutien international contre les expulsions ? Calais et contre les?fronti?res

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| Call-out for international support against Calais evicti...[EN] One more time, the French government - in collusion with the UK - has announced plans to evict the homes and shelters of many undocumented people living in C... |
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The solicitors acting on behalf of associations and residents in the 'Jungle' are asking for a halt to the eviction of the South part of the jungle (the biggest and most densely populated), on the grounds that there are not places available for relocating all the people affected by the eviction. If the eviction goes ahead, they will evict the North part immediately after, and leave only the containers prison-like camp. The government's estimate is 800 - 1000 people in the South zone, but the associations did an accurate count and found nearly four times as many people. The numbers are published below (is is a very accurate conservative estimate, as the volunteers did not count people who did not want to be counted, or could not be found in the shelters, but they went several times to each shelter to verify if there were people, and how many). Of particular concern is the welfare of the many children, many unaccompanied. The ombusdman for the welfare of children in France,?Genevieve Avenard, visited the jungle and the containers camp. She was shocked by conditions in the 'Jungle' and said the lives of the children were not 'worthy and decent' and the 'reality exceeds what you could imagine'.?She is advocating a delay to demolition and the implementation of heated shipping containers specifically for children. (sic) - I personally would not see any children living in containers! and not even adults! 12 bunk beds per container, security with dogs, and a machine where people have to give the biometric print of their hand when they want to enter. There are already several families living in the containers, they do not even have a kitchen and no facilities whatsoever, and they are accommodated in proximity to male adults, which I think is a breech of any child and women protection rule.?
Video by France TV: (in French but the images speak)VIDEO. "Jungle" de Calais : destruction imminente

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| VIDEO. "Jungle" de Calais : destruction imminente? Calais (Pas-de-Calais), le compte ? rebours a commenc? pour les migrants avant la destruction de la "jungle", pr?vue mardi 23 f?vrier. |
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Via Help Refugees:
?"CALAIS CAMP - TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS CONFIRMED (FOR FIRST TIME)When the French Government announced on Friday 12th February that they would be clearing the Southern section of the Calais camp, they estimated this would involve the relocation of approximately 800-1000 residents to the containers or alternative centres of accommodation in approx 100 locations around France.Our teams on the ground felt these numbers wildly underestimated the true population of the camp, and concerned that many would be evicted from their homes in the midst of winter, without sufficient alternative accommodation on offer, Help Refugees and L'Auberge Des Migrants began a thorough and methodical census of the entire camp.We can now reveal total numbers of residents in the Calais camp for the first time.Our census shows:
5497 Total Residents
182 Family Units
205 Women
651 Children of which 423 are unaccompanied.The French have stated that once the Southern section of the camp is cleared (3455 residents), they will begin on the North section (2042 residents - including 137 Syrian households).Our census did not include government run facilities including Jules Ferry (for women and children) and the shipping containers which hold 1500 and have only 300 spaces left.Our concerns remain with welfare of the unaccompanied minors.We have had no assurances from the French authorities that they will conduct assessments to determine best interests of these children and ensure proper safeguarding is in place before removing them from the camp and the communities they know and trust.We urge them to delay the demolition of the southern section of the camp until these needs are met.Tomorrow afternoon our concerns will be heard at the court in Lille. We will keep you updated on events throughout the day".
Video diffused by the Auberge des migrants:
https://www.facebook.com/358496450338/videos/10153773129385339/


Photos by Jess Hurd:
Photos refugee children The Jungle and Grande-Synthe refugee camp #refugees Calais #jungle France

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Keep signing and circulating the petition:
Arr?tez la destruction de la Jungle de Calais

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| Arr?tez la destruction de la Jungle de CalaisLes destructions ont repris dans la Jungle de Calais - y compris des ?glises et des mosqu?es, alors qu'aucune solution durable n'a encore ?t? trouv?e pour les r?fug... |
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Over 13.000 signatures already, let's reach 20.000!
A number of intellectuals and artists in France are supporting the refugees in the camp (Appel de Calais) and in UK a similar initiative is taking place, Jude Law yesterday visited the jungle. (from the series: Celebrities in the Jungle).