Jesuit chaplain Philippe Demeestère and Calais residents Anaïs Vogel and Ludovic Holbein began a hunger strike to draw attention to the daily eviction of migrants and confiscation of tents and belongings. Politis reported that they demanded a winter truce and real dialogue with the state. The action responded to deaths at the border and the repeated dispersal of encampments; it was a solidarity strike, distinct from the voices and organizing of migrants themselves.
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