migration
One more Greek police inflicted death: Igoumenitsa Port Police victim dies
The Kurdish refugee from Iraq, Arivan Abdullah Osman, who had been severely injured on the 3rd of April at Igoumenitsa port by Port police men died today.
The eyewitnesses had described “commandos in blue and military camouflage uniforms”who had arrested Arivan Abdullah Osman for remaining at the port area, and then banged his head on cement and inflicted him an internal hemorrhage.
He was transferred to local medical centers, and finally at the Thessaloniki Papanikolaou Hospital, where he underwent a surgical operation at his head.
Chinese workers unpaid and stranded in Warsaw face deportation
About 50 Chinese workers are camped out in front of the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw. They did not receive any pay for three months, eventually went on strike and were fired.
The situation of the approximately 50 workers camped out in front of the Chinese Embassy is not unique. There are at least 400 others in a similar situation.
Greek state racism escalates with pogrom in Patras, bullets in Athens, torture in Simi
The racist policies of the Greek government were stepped up last weekend with the violent evacuation and torching of the large Afghan immigrant settlement in Patras, shooting of immigrants in Omoinoia square and institutionalised torture of Pakistanis in the island of Simi.
The Greek state's response to the December Uprising and the politicisation of immigrants across the country has solidified in a programme of what critics are describing as "nazification" that includes open endorsement of neo-nazi vigilante combat groups, a series of the most repressive laws seen since the junta, and open attack against both the social antagonistic movement and immigrants across th
Italy implements draconian migration laws
Yesterday the Italian Parliament finally approved the new laws on security, introducing explicitly racist rules.
From now on a migrant who marries an Italian can get Italian citizenship only if she/he has been living in the country for two years (three years if the partner is abroad). Previous laws set a period of six months. Under the new law, in order to get married, a migrant will have to show the residence permit. Weddings with “illegal” migrants are not allowed.
Hunger strike and rioting in immigration prisons
June has seen hunger strikes and rioting by immigration prisoners at Brook House, the new immigration prison at Gatwick airport, and Yarl’s Wood, the prison which has been at the centre of numerous claims of abuse and struggles by detainees since it opened in 2000.
On June 12th, a group of detainees at Brook House immigration prison began resisting lockdown and rioting broke out. Guards – who are employees of private contractors G4S – fled the wing, which was taken over by the prisoners. Detainees took about damaging the contents of the administration wing and cells. A large fire was set in the courtyard.
Pisa: go-ahead for deportations in the Italian city
The mayor of Pisa proposes a programme of repatriation for Romanian immigrants. Within this programme the immigrants are expected to sign a contract stating that they will not come back to Pisa for the next 12 months.
The council would pay a bus to take all these immigrants to the same city in Romania and there they will receive a bonus that amounts to hundreds of Euros to live on when they arrive. In the meantime the "huts" where they used to live in Pisa will be destroyed.
Immigrants march again in Athens despite fascist counterdemo
On Friday 29 May immigrants and solidarity protesters marched to the greek parliament despite fascist counterdemo and media scaremongering.
Following the intensifying repression against immigrants, especially of muslim origin, across the country, and the greek police's failure to apologise for the public and humiliating destruction of a copy of the Koran during sweeping operations against immigrants in the coveted area of Agios Panteleimonas last week, thousands of immigrants and solidarity protesters took the the streets of Athens in
Greek government announces pogrom and 'ghetto' for immigrants
The Ministry of Public Order announced the launching of a post-euroelection massive pogrom of immigrants from the center of Athens, and their displacement in a huge concentration camp off the city.
The Minister of Public Order, Mr Makroyannakis, has announced the launching of a mass-scale pogrom of immigrants in the center of Athens after the euroelections. He pledged to "clean" the center of the city from immigrants and displace them in what he called "a ghetto" at the outskirts of Athens.
Battles in Athens during march against police racism, many protesters injured
Extended clashes broke our in Athens on Friday 22/5, during the second protest march in two days against police racism, after a cop tore the Koran and brutalised Muslims during anti-immigrant sweeping operations. During the clashes many protesters were injured arrested and hospitalised.
A second protest march against police racism took to the streets of Athens on Friday 22/5/08 in response to the incident of anti-muslim brutality two nights before during a police sweeping-operation against immigrants in the center of Athens.
Illegal deportation of Libyan immigrants from Italy
Roberto Maroni, home secretary of the Italian Government, exulted for the illegal repatriation of 227 immigrants who, travelling on three shabby boats, were trying to reach the Italian bank through the Canal of Sicily.
The immigrants, promptly stopped by Italian authorities, were sent back immediately to Libya without being able even to stay in the immigration centre of Lampedusa.
