โLARGE-SCALE EVICTION IN CALAISโ
On Friday 30 January, French authorities forcibly removed 600-700 people, including families and unaccompanied minors, from the largest living site in Calais.
We are proud to stand with our colleagues and speak out about the harm caused by the UK-France Returns Agreement.
Follow the link in our bio to read our joint statement ๐
We want to say a huge โจ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ โจ to to everyone who supported our winter crowdfunder - helping us to raise a total of ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ต๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐! ๐ฉต
All money raised will go straight to our projects facilitating food and water autonomy for people on the move stuck at the UK-France border ๐ง
Grassroots crowdfunding is vital for raising the funds CFC needs to keep facilitating food and water autonomy for people on the move at the UK-France border.
With 1 left, weโre on ๐ณ๐ฌ% of our target. We need your help to raise the last ยฃ๐ญ,๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: www.justgiving.com/campaign/cfc...
3/3 We are grateful to see political leaders come and witness the impact of oppressive policies for people on the move at the UK-France border. Long-term political change from our governments is essential.
2/3 Polanski's visit to Calais came at the close of a year marked by continued violence towards people on the move. Weโve witnessed near-daily police evictions, acts of sabotage against CFCโs water points and abuse of people on the move in Calais by far-right aggressors.
๐งต 1/3 In December, we welcomed @zackpolanski.bsky.social, recently elected leader of the UK Green Party, as part of a visit organised by @calaisappeal.bsky.social. Polanski came on water distribution with CFC, where he witnessed the unlivable conditions created by the UK and French governments.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐
๐งผ ยฃ2 buys a bottle of cleaning product
๐ฐ ยฃ3 pays for a new tap
๐ ๏ธ ยฃ11 covers an replacement for a stolen connector
๐ง ยฃ150 buys a new water tank
๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ง๐ : www.justgiving.com/campaign/cfc...
๐ขโ๏ธ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐
ยฃ15 pays for a food pack for 5 people
ยฃ130 buys a 1,000L water tank
ยฃ500 pays one month of our water bill
๐ Link to donate : www.justgiving.com/campaign/cfc...
๐ขโ๏ธ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐
ยฃ15 pays for a food pack for 5 people
ยฃ130 buys a 1,000L water tank
ยฃ500 pays one month of our water bill
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๐ข ๐๐๐'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐น๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ!
๐ฆ 151,175 of water provided
๐ง
3,554 meals provided
๐ 351 bags of rubbish collected
๐ข ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ'๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ!
๐ฆ 151 175 litres d'eau fournis
๐ง
3 554 repas fournis
๐ 351 sacs de dรฉchets collectรฉs
โจ COME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY.
At Calais Appeal, we're working to provide dignified, human support to people on the move at the UKโFrance border this winter.
โ Stand in solidarity.Help us raise ยฃ25,000!
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๐ข Call out for graphic design help!
Calais Appealโs fundraising team is building a team of volunteers with graphic design skills to help with the presentation of fundraising materials.
If youโre interested, please send us a DM or email funding@calaisappeal.org with a few examples of your work!
๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ โ Weโve hit 70% of our crowdfunder target to secure a new van, ensuring the continuation of our solidarity work supporting people on the move in Calais! ๐
Show your solidarity, support and share widely!
๐ Link to our JustGiving page: tr.ee/B7-N9lUhkf. You can donate in ยฃ or โฌ!
๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ - ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ โฌ5,000 ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ด.
Please show your solidarity, give what you can, and share widely.ย
๐ Link to the JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/campaign/cfc...
You can donate in ยฃ or โฌ!
๐จ Thousands at the France-UK border live without safety, stability, or basic rights.
๐ข Calais Appeal unites 6 orgs providing food, shelter & support โ and demanding:
- Safe routes
- Freedom of movement
- End to border violence
- Access to basic services
Stand with us. โ
How much of our money is the government spending on a US firm subcontracted to conduct spy flights over Gaza for Israeli intelligence?
Defence minister Luke Pollard wonโt tell us due to โoperational securityโ.
#DCUKparliament
UK condemns at the UN Israelโs โreckless expansion of its military operationโ in Gaza and demands โurgent actionโ.
But with no policy change to press Israel.
Is Whitehall hoping the world doesnโt notice its military, intel & trade support for Israel?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
๐จTOMORROW:
We stand united against the hatred & division of the far-right
We demand gov protect the ordinary people who keep this country running, not the super-rich
We send a clear message: billionaires and polluters must pay to fix the crises they're fuelling
Are you in?
Boulders have been used extensively in the city centre to prevent people on the move accessing spaces to sleep. They have also been installed in various locations, including this living site, to render inaccessible spaces used by many associations for distributions.
The installation of boulders is a hostile tactic employed aggressively by the Calais town hall as part of their zero point of fixation policy.
The team returned a few hours later to find access to CFCโs water tank completely blocked off. Whatโs more, the IBC was found empty with part of the tap broken off and missing.
๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ
On Sunday CFCโs water team passed one of the living sites and witnessed a crane truck, accompanied by a police car, installing boulders. This newest installation follows the eviction of a Roma travelling community from this area over the weekend.
After a 7 month pause, the Home Office has announced yesterday that they will resume decision-making for people from Syria with protection claims.
We have put together a short blog to explain what we know, and what this means for Syrian people in our community:
Absolutely horrific attack. We have been warning that vigilante mobs are being encouraged by the political narrative. Reform, Tories and Labour are all putting real people in danger. It is fascism that is a danger to the country, not people who have moved to the UK. metro.co.uk/2025/07/15/a...
A police officer pushes a protester with a keffiyeh draped over their head, near Trafalgar Square on 23 June 2025
Were you at the Palestine Action solidarity protest in Trafalgar Square yesterday? Did you witness the police charge into the crowd?
If you saw what happened clearly, we'd like to hear your testimony. Email us at netpoladmin@protonmail.com
