Ex-detainees and hunger strikers speak up about the urgency of releasing all those detained amidst COVID-19 pandemic. When: Saturday 11 April Time: 2pm to 4pm Place: Online. Facebook event *** Please sign up here and we will send a link…
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Act Now: Guard tests positive for COVID-19 at Laval Immigration Holding Centre
Under media pressure, first Garda and then the CBSA reluctantly confirmed multiple reports from the Laval Immigration Holding Centre that a security guard tested positive for COVID-19. The Garda employee has reportedly been placed in quarantine, along with other guards…
Solidarity with migrant detainees
Check in here regularly. We will try to post the latest developments, calls to action and updates from detainees. LOG – calls from the prison Act Now: Guard tests positive for COVID-19 at Laval Immigration Holding Centre Call to Action:…
CALL TO ACTION: Hunger Strikers Released as CBSA Resists Demands to Release Remaining Detainees
#HungerStrikeLaval #FreeThemAll #StatusForAll Migrants detained in the CBSA’s Laval Immigration Holding Centre suspended their hunger strike yesterday as two more of the hunger strikers, including their spokesperson Abdoul*, were released yesterday, and another today. Around 20 detainees remain in the…
Letters of Support from Coast to Coast for Detainees’ Hunger Strike
The eight day long hunger strike by the migrant detainees at the Laval Immigration Holding Center gathered coast to coast support. Here we publish the open letters by various civil society actors over a period of four days between 29th…
Migrants on Hunger Strike at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre: Act Now in Solidarity
– 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…
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 – 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.…