Pas-de-Calais

No Borders Fundraiser

No Borders invites you to a fundraiser night at the Corner in Fallowfield, this Wednesday, 25 November. Come at 7 to hear updates from what's happening in Calais, and we're showing the latest No Borders films until about 9....

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The Persecuted Church

I am posting from the subterranean lair of the Wife’s stepmother. The hair on my tongue grows thick from far too much bourbon consumed last night. Liberal application of pad thai and curry has brought me around, but friends...

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Another Migrant Camp Destroyed in France

Following the barbaric destruction of migrant camps in Calais this September, it has emerged that another camp was destroyed on November 17, 2009, this time in Dunkerque. The PAF (Police Aux Frontieres), entered the camp...

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French Letter

Attacks on migrants in Calais continue with police raiding Egyptian, Palestinian, Sudanese, Afghan and Ethiopian squats and camps in the last two weeks. Following the now all too familiar pattern, police have been arresting...

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Proposed energy corridor step closer

The plan to put an energy corridor through Maine cleared a hurdle Wednesday. A state task force has agreed on most of the conditions for approving the corridor, which could see New Brunswick export electricity and possibly...

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RIGHTS: Tick the Right Box If You Feel French

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Alecia D. McKenzie PARIS, Nov 19 (IPS) – The stereotypical image of a French person is of someone wearing a beret and carrying a baguette under his arm. But can one wear a burqa and also be...

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Ten of the best Christmas markets

Every town seems to have its own festive fair this year. Susan Greenwood picks her top 10, at home and away UK markets 1. Greenwich, London After kicking off its Christmas festivities with a lantern procession, live music and...

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23 held in people-trafficking crackdown

By AIDAN RADNEDGE - Thursday, November 19, 2009 Five British people-smuggling suspects have been arrested in raids on a gang which provided a 'door-to-door' route into Britain for at least 2,000 illegal migrants. They were...

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Using 'Straw Buyers,' Particularly Women, Part of US Gun Crime Trend

Katrina Wickett was 23 in the summer of 2007 when her life spiraled out of control. The father of her children moved out of their Bangor apartment, leaving her with a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old and a newborn. A few months later,...

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Roadtrip

My best buddy and me are driving from Calais and taking in Belgium, Holland, Germany and France next May/April and I think the full round trip will be 10 days, he's the driver. Red wine and prostitutes will be the order of the...

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