– Stay in touch! Look here for updates and renewed calls for support Migrants detained at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre have launched an indefinite hunger strike to demand their release in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 30…
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COMMUNIQUÉ FROM PRISONERS IN THE LAVAL IMMIGRATION HOLDING CENTRE: HUNGER-STRIKE UNTIL WE ARE FREE
COMMUNIQUÉ FROM PRISONERS IN THE LAVAL IMMIGRATION HOLDING CENTRE: HUNGER-STRIKE UNTIL WE ARE FREE Laval, 24 March 2020 Following the petition we wrote [on 19 March, sent to government officials and asking to be released in the context of the…
The Borders Must Remain Open! Refugees Welcome!
COMMUNIQUE For immediate release The Borders Must Remain Open! Refugees Welcome! Montreal, March 21st, 2020 – The federal government yesterday announced the closure of the US-Canada border to asylum seekers at both regular and irregular crossing points. Taking this draconian…
COVID-19 | Fundraiser for our undocumented community members
The federal and Quebec governments recently announced temporary compensation measures and both have neglected to address whether immigrants with no immigration status will be able to access them. This reckless exclusion poses a grave risk to our non-status community members,…
Act in Solidarity with Migrants Detained by Canada: Immediate Release, No New Detentions!
Thirty-four migrants, held in Laval, Quebec, have issued a call to be released in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their hand-written petition was sent earlier today to the Federal Minister of Public Safety, Federal Minister of Immigration, Prime Minister…
COVID-19 COMMUNIQUE: Full Citizenship Now! Temporary Suspension of Deportations Not Enough
Full Citizenship Now! Temporary Suspension of Deportations Not Enough Montreal, March 18 2020 – The federal government announced on March 17 that it will be temporarily postponing deportations from Canada as part of the broader effort to contain the spread…
COVID-19 – Solidarity Across Borders Community Advisory
In light of the pandemic of COVID-19, a rapidly spreading flu-like virus affecting the respiratory system, public health officials are increasingly calling for people to work from home, for self-isolation, and for social distancing (maintaining distance both between individuals and…
CANCELLED. Shelters and Prisons: Violence and Solidarity on the “Migrant Trail”
This event has been cancelled. * PBI’s release cancelling their tour and on the impact of coronavirus on migrants can be read here. * SAB’s community release is here. in the context of the Spring against the Prison Wednesday, March…
Spring of Action launched with Disruption of Lemay Offices
On Friday, community members entered the offices of Lemay, architects of the new prison for migrants in Laval. Chanting slogans, distributing flyers, and carrying silhouettes of friends and neighbours who had been detained and deported, they disrupted business as usual.…
Declaration of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Struggle
We at Solidarity Across Borders once again express our unequivocal solidarity with the people of the Wet’suwet’en nation in their continued resistance to colonial incursions into their territory, as well as with the many other Indigenous nations who have blockaded…
New Year’s Eve Liberation Party
Come celebrate our victories and renew our commitment to fighting borders and prisons! When: from 31 December 2019 at 9pm to 1 January 2020 at 1am Where: Maison de l’amitié, 120 Duluth St. East (Sherbrooke metro) Free food • Music…
Open the Borders, Shut Down the Racists!
Demonstration in Lacolle For freedom of movement and against far-right racism Saturday, October 19, at 11 a.m. Gather at the parking lot of the Chalet des Loisirs 7 rue du Moulin, Lacolle Map: https://frama.link/lacolle_chalet Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2463698413718675/ The far-right nationalist…