EVENT INFORMATION

8
July
2018

Sans-papiers marchers are detained near Calais

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📅 8 July 2018 📍 France

Nearly thirty sans-papiers who had joined the March of Migrants were detained by border police near Calais and taken to the Coquelles detention center. Reporterre reported that supporters gathered outside and that several marchers were released while others remained under administrative control. The episode shows how the border was enforced inside France and how migrant participation in a solidarity march exposed people without papers to detention and removal orders.

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People in this event

Sans-papiers marchers

supporters

border police

Organizations in this Event

Coordination 75 des sans-papiers

March of Migrants

Police aux frontières