Seven inmates of the Laval migrant prison are continuing the hunger strike they began on March 1, 2021. The strikers have launched a declaration to announce their strike, denounce their situation and demand their release. Declaration of the Inmates…
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Act Now: Second Group of Detainees on Hunger Strike at the Laval Migrant Prison!
#FreeThemAll #StatusForAll #HungerStrikeLaval On Monday, March 1, 2021, a second group of detainees launched an indefinite hunger strike to demand their immediate release from the Laval Migrant Prison. At present, six detainees are refusing meals, despite pressure from the Canada…
Call to Action: Liberate the Detainees!
Migrant detainees held at the Laval Migrant Prison are calling for their immediate release amidst a COVID-19 outbreak. Read the inmates’ statement here. In addition to calling your local MP (find their contact info here) and the Federal Minister of…
City of Montreal Calls for Regularization of Non-Status Migrants
Montreal, 23 February 2021 — The City of Montreal today adopted a motion calling on Ottawa to regularize non-status migrants. The non-partisan motion, introduced on 5 February, passed unanimously. Motion is here. “For the 1 in 23 people in Canada…
30 January. Winter DANCE for Status for All!
Saturday, 30 January at Noon Complexe Guy-Favreau, 200 Réne Lévesque West (Place d’armes Metro) COVID-19 *In the context of the pandemic, we ask that all participants maintain a physical distance of 2 meters from one another (each person will have…
End of year fundraiser: Give the gift of redistribution of wealth!
2020 is quickly coming to a close and many of us are reflecting on what has helped us make it through this long, tumultuous and often terrifying year. We have been able to find strength in community and in…
Emergency Demonstration: Not One More Deportation! Status For All!
Sunday December 6th, at noon Metro Parc The Canadian Border Services Agency has just announced its decision to resume deportation proceedings starting this week, even as the COVID-19 crisis continues to escalate. Join Solidarity Across Borders on Sunday December 6,…
Mutual Aid for Three Undocumented Migrants with COVID-19
Mamadou, S. and Omar are all undocumented migrants who are active in the struggle for Status for All. Because they are undocumented, they have no valid SIN, no sick leave, no emergency benefits, no job protection. So, when they each…
Take The Pledge: Let’s Support Our Undocumented Neighbours
SIGN UP TO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE TODAY For many of us this crisis began well before COVID-19 arrived. For years, hundreds of thousands of people have been living across this country without status, in conditions of shocking precarity and…
Our undocumented neighbours need our support – right now!
Thousands of Montrealers have no regular immigration status. Officially, they don’t exist. In reality, they are our neighbours, friends, family, people we encounter in the streets; the guy cleaning the office at night, the teenager who put the carrots…
Day of the Dead: a Die-in to demand Status For All
Social distancing and masks are mandatory. Sunday, November 1 at 5:00pm 1400 boulevard René-Lévesque East (métro Beaudry) Wear something red and bring candles to light https://www.facebook.com/events/346779576575471 The Migrant Rights Network has declared November 1, Day of the Dead, the next…
Press Release | Montreal Police Initiative Fails to Protect Undocumented Community Members, Provokes New Calls for Montreal to Support Migrants
Press Release Montreal Police Initiative Fails to Protect Undocumented Community Members, Provokes New Calls for Montreal to Support Migrants 9 October 2020, Montreal — Ostensibly aimed at reducing racial profiling and making police services more accessible to those without status,…