AGAIN AND AGAIN
On 01/04, a 26-year-old Iraqi Kurdish was stabbed to death in a camp in Loon-Plage.
On 04/04, a man was hit several times in Furnes on the E40 road in front of a petrol station near Dunkirk.
On 19/04, a person was run over on a main road near the camp in Loon-Plage. The man had to cross the dual carriageway because the passage through the bridge Pont-à-Roseaux had very recently been walled off.


On 23/04, at least 5 people, including a little girl, died trying to reach the United Kingdom by boat off the coast of Wimereux. The next day, the commemoration gathering spontaneously turned into a demonstration. More than 200 people shouted their anger in front of the town hall and the sub-prefecture.

NORMALIZED VIOLENCE
On 04/04, tear gas grenades set fire to a boat and an 18-year-old person was wounded in the hand by an LBD (rubber bullet) shot.
On 04/04, a large-scale eviction from all living areas took place, with buses present. The cops were particularly violent, beating on the tents and shouting orders to wake up and terrorise the inhabitants. The PAF (police aux frontières), CRS (“compagnies républicaines de sécurité“) and national police then organised a real manhunt in the town to force people onto buses to get to the CAES (reception centre). A great deal of personal property was destroyed.
On 23/04, the evening of an attempt to cross turned into a tragedy, around sixty people on the move were violently evicted from a first train and then from a second one at Calais centre and Fontinettes stations by heavily armed national police officers. They were also prevented from taking the bus, which was cancelled at the last minute. At least three person were arrested that evening. As for the people who watch this state violence, they are regularly controlled, hindered and intimidated. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Ok9NuCuja/
In April, 4 complaints were lodged by people on the move alleging that the police had stolen their phones. The IGPN (inspection générale de la police nationale) interviewed the complainants.
The new sub-prefect (Agathe Curry), a former adviser to Darmanin, who took up her post on 11 March, is continuing her policy of harassing people on the move.

STOP DEPORTATIONS
On 19/04, a Sudanese person was deported to Sudan from the Coquelles detention centre.

OFFENCE OF SOLIDARITY
On 02/04, a volunteer from an association acting in Grande-Synthe was remanded in custody for 15 days. At the hearing on 19/04, he was cleared and released.  It was acknowledged that he was acting on a humanitarian basis and as part of the voluntary activities of the association, without any compensation.

FREE PALESTINE
The weekly gatherings on Saturdays at 6pm continue to denounce the atrocities committed against Palestinians.
On 20/04, a peace march to the beach was organised.
Stop the genocide! Sanctions against Israel!


RWANDA
On the night of 22 to 23 of April, the ‘Safety of Rwanda’ bill was passed by the British Parliament. This bill allows people seeking asylum to be deported to Rwanda. The fact that Rwanda is not a safe country and that this project will be a financial abyss is not stopping the British government.

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