Yesterday around 9 pm we witnessed 4 CRS snatch vans and load of cops going to the bridges, they arrested 4 children, everybody else run away or went hiding. We tried to follow the snatch vans as they drove towards the jungle but lost them because bicycles are too fucking slow. Three Afghan men were also arrested from that area around 8 pm, we meet them coming out the police station in the moring, they kept them all night. We also met a thirteen years old who is sleeping in the bridge area, in the company of an older man, they did not have any problem that night but the thirteen years old had been previosly arrested at the bridges. In the morning we also cycled to the ex-pashto jungle again; we met four migrants from Afghanistan who are hiding in that area, they say there were no arrests last night but 20 – 25 arrests the night before. There are no more new camps in that area that I know of, they have all been destroyed by police, but people are sleeping rough eveywhere, especially people who have no papers and are hiding, least they get arrested and taken to deportation centre; those who sleep under the bridges all have papers i.e. have applied for asylum in France, or they are minors who cannot be deporterd; they arrest them very often but than they are released. A new camp near the Iranian jungle (no borders camp) was destroyed the other day. We also went past the ex- hazara jungle, similar situation: the camp has been destroyed, pepole are sleeping rough hiding here and there, but we did not see anyone.
After a busy week end we are low in numbers again; please keep coming, but call the communication phone first, 0033 634810710 and let us know if you are coming and for how long if possible, otherwise things get confusing and we really need to concentrate on the work we are doing.
Chiara
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