On June 5th, the City of Montréal announced the adoption of a new policy, “Access to Municipal Services without Fear.” Solidarity across Borders does not think that this policy will really benefit non-status people in Montreal nor that their lives…
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Status 4 All Annual Demonstration: Building a Solidarity City Together!
STATUS FOR ALL! BUILDING A SOLIDARITY CITY TOGETHER! Festive March (and picnic!): Bring your children June 16 2019 at 2:30 PM Parc Nelson Mandela (Métro Plamondon) Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/862684417413089/ As the Canadian and U.S. governments crack down on border crossings,…
No to a New Prison for Refugees and Migrants in Laval
add your name or the name of your organization here We, the undersigned groups and individuals, are joining the struggle to stop the construction of a new prison for migrants in Laval, scheduled to open in 2021. In 2016, the…
Background: Immigration Detention in Canada and the New Refugee Prison in Laval
Is the imprisonment of migrants in Canada new? No. Canada has detained migrants and refugees since it was founded as a state, inheriting the practice from England, which used it to control access to the lands it had colonized. At…
Rage for Lucy: Bring Her Back! No More Detentions and Deportations!
One year after the deportation of Lucy Granados, Montreal community gathers to denounce racist and colonial immigration system and demand her return. Photos here! On April 13th, friends and supporters of Lucy Francineth Granados marked the one-year anniversary of her…
Release. Hunger Strikers Released from Laval as CBSA Resists Demands to Release Remaining Twenty-Two Detainees
#HungerStrikeLaval #FreeThemAll #StatusForAll Laval, 2 April 2020 – Migrants detained in the Laval Immigration Holding Centre suspended their hunger strike yesterday as two more of the hunger strikers, including their spokesperson Abdoul, were released. Twenty-two detainees remain in the centre.…
New Migrant Prison Being Constructed in Laval: Let’s Stop It!
A new migrant prison is being built in Laval, right beside the old one. Far from ending detention, the state has responded to popular mobilizations against the imprisonment of migrants (including inspiring hunger-strikes by migrant detainees in Ontario) by pouring…
Statement in Solidarity With Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
We at Solidarity Across Borders express our unequivocal solidarity with the people of the Wet’suwet’en nation in their continued resistance to colonial incursions into their territory, and join the call for urgent action in the face of the violent intervention…
COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY GATHERINGS WITH FOOD, DISCUSSIONS, ACTIVITIES!
Rally against all prisons
Sunday October 21st at 3pm outside the ICPA Conference at the Montréal Marriott Chateau Champlain, 1050 Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest (metro Bonaventure) Bring banners, signs and noisemakers! https://www.facebook.com/events/2265662126808565/ From the 21st to 26th of October, 2018, Montreal will be…
30 August. Public Mourning for Bolante Idowu Alo and to honour all migrants fighting for their lives and dignity
Public Mourning for Mr. Bolante Idowu Alo and to honour all migrants who fight for their lives and dignity against the injustice of the Canadian immigration system No to deportations. Reinstate the moratorium on deportations to Haiti. Abolish the Border…
(Français) Samedi @ 10h. Rassemblement d’urgence contre les déportations vers Haïti / Emergency Rally against Deportations to Haiti
Saturday, July 21, 2018 from 10:00am to 12:00pm CBSA offices at 1010 St-Antoine (métro Bonaventure), Montreal https://www.facebook.com/events/609714716077488/ The Canadian Government has just issued a travel warning to Haiti because of a sudden rise in violence and political instability. This new…