There will be a picket of the Italian Embassy in solidarity with the Lampedusa migrants on hunger strike and with the residents of Lampedusa struggling against the island being turned into one massive concentration camp for migrants. The picket is in response to the recent mass hunger strikes by the migrants against their deportation to Tunisia and against the inhumane treatement they have suffered. There have also been at least 11 recent suicide attempts and on 17th February riots broke out in the Lampedusa detention centre, resulting in half of it being destroyed by fire. The migrants were kept locked inside the burning centre by police and around 80 people (60 migrants and 20 police officers) were injured. Many also suffered from smoke inhalation but only a handful were allowed out to be traeted in the local medical centre.
The picket has been called by No Borders London and is supported by No Borders UK groups, Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, SOAS Detainee Support Group, National Coalition of Anit-Deportation Campaigns, Campaign Against Immigration Controls and No One Is Illegal.
Thursday 26th February
from 4.30pm to 6.00pm
14 Kings Yard
London W1K 4EH
Meet at the corner with Davies Street
(nearest tube: Bond Street)
SOLIDARITY TO THE MIGRANTS AND THE RESIDENTS IN LAMPEDUSA -
FOR AN END TO DETENTION AND FORCED EXPULSIONS
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL! FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL.
For an up-to-date Lampedusa timeline see: Migreurop
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