Media statement. For immediate release. Solidarity Across Borders’ Message for Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety: Stop the detention of migrants; implement a regularization program immediately! (Montreal, August 15, 2016) Solidarity Across Borders, a migrant justice network working directly with…
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Solidarity Across Borders Autumn Assembly & Community Brunch (October 16)
Notice to Solidarity Across Borders members: Mark you calendars for our next general assembly and community brunch! Solidarity Across Borders Autumn Assembly & Community Brunch SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 11am: Solidarity Across Borders Committees 12:30pm: Community Brunch 2pm-4pm: Continuation of Assembly:…
Solidarity donation campaign for No Borders stencil arrest & ticket / Please contribute
Solidarity donation campaign for No Borders stencil arrest and ticket Please contribute $20, $50 or more towards legal costs involving a Montreal graffiti ticket during “Anti-Deportations Days” Friends and allies — Street art, stencils, and graffiti are an important part…
Picnic, BBQ and Rally: When will kids with precarious immigration status be allowed to go to school? (August 28)
Picnic, BBQ and Rally When will kids with precarious immigration status be allowed to go to school? Join us on Sunday, August 28th, at 12:30pm Location : beside l’école le Plateau, at the end of Calixa-Lavallée avenue, at the heart…
Finally! The Lakatos family’s permanent residence application has been accepted
Katalin Lakatos and her daughter Gilda, two Roma woman from Hungary who waged a five year battle to get papers in Canada, surviving three deportation orders, have finally been accepted. After months of waiting in precarity and anxiety, they finally…
Anti-Fascist Alert! The racist Jewish Defence League (JDL) plans to protest in Montreal this week
Anti-Fascist Alert! The racist Jewish Defence League (JDL) plans to protest in Montreal this week Let’s mobilize to stop them! Date & Time: Wednesday, August 10, 12:30pm (sharp!) Location: 255 Ontario East, Cégep Vieux-Montréal (métro St-Laurent or Berri-UQAM)(NOTE: Details about…
Call for Action: Lakatos Family
facebook event #noneistoomany #lakatos UPDATE (5 August 2016): Katalin and Gilda have once again received a last minute reprieve, escaping deportation for a third time. On Thursday last week, the family was told by CBSA that they would need to…
Open Letter from Gilda Lakatos
Also published on rabble. August 2nd is the day to remember the genocide of Roma people in Europe during the Second World War, so that such atrocities would never happen again. But the xenophobic extreme right is again on the…
Rock ‘n Roma III
A Concert in support of the Lakatos Family’s Fight against Deportation Monday, June 20th doors at 7pm Patro Vys, 356 Mont-Royal East Suggested entry: between $10 and $20 (no one will be refused!) Join us to support the Lakatos family…
Canadian Border Services Agency disrupted by Solidarity Across Borders organizers
STATUS NOW! STOP THE VIOLENCE! #StopDeportations #ShutDownCBSA Post-occupation Press Release Over thirty (30) activists from Solidarity Across Borders occupied and disrupted the daily operations of the Canadian Border Services Agency for the entire morning. Montréal, May 3, 2016 – From…
Building a Solidarity City Together! A Community Workshop and Presentation (June 14)
Building a Solidarity City Together! A Community Workshop and Presentation Tuesday, June 14, 6:30pm 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #404 (métro Guy-Concordia) Free. Welcome to all. Childcare available on site. Translation (French-English). Wheelchair accessible venue. Learn more about migrant justice organizing…
Lakatos Family Still Here: Your Solidarity Still Needed
Gilda Lakatos, 17-years old, and her mother, Katalin, are still in Canada. They applied to renew the Temporary Residence Permit they were granted in May and they can legally remain in Canada until they receive a response on this renewal…