Direct Action force, including sedatives and handcuffs, against those who No Borders, No Nations are forced to fly ‘deportation class’. This has led to several No-one is illegal catastrophe, or political Flying deportation class fatalities. Legally out of any The barbarism of migration repression becomes more and Many airlines are committed to national jurisdiction, the regimes cause thousands of more difficult. Inspired by the enforcing inhumane asylum captain of a plane has ultimate deaths along the borders autonomous direct actions and policies by flying back responsibility for the lives of between East and West, North self-organization of the sans- to the places from which they all passengers, and the guards and South. As it gets easier for papiers refugees in in the fled. Most of the refugees, who accompanying the deportee the flow of money, goods, and early 1990s, activists in many are transported against their have no more legal status than capital to roam around the countries have begun developing will, try to resist their that of any other passenger. globe, for most people, crossing new tactics to disrupt these deportations. Law enforcement Thus, passengers who intervene a border to escape poverty, war, migration regimes. agencies have used extreme in incidents which pose a direct danger for life or physical safety of their fellow passengers, including such deportations, are acting lawfully and do not have to fear being prosecuted on grounds of resisting enforcement officers. Ways of obstructing the policies of airlines deporting refugees and asylum seekers are many, ranging from participating in email campaigns to object to the deportation, to visiting refugees inside detention

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428 using direct action to prevent plane. The ’s lawyer site for a 1000-strong border refugees inside, and thus the deportations. This is one waiting at the airport used the camp in July 2001, forcing established a two-way line of particularly inspiring example: extra hours to successfully get a police to cordon off the entire communication with the people An man who had befriended new hearing in the refugee’s airport to anyone without imprisoned. a refugee on the other side of claim for asylum. tickets for a week. Actions Some have gone as far as to the fence at a UK detention included an illegal classical tear down fences and free centre discovered that his No Border camps music concert inside one of the refugees. This requires, among friend was about to be deported No Border camps have been terminals. many things, solid support without an appeal. The man mushrooming across the US, networks and living spaces for bought a ticket for the flight Australia, and . A Targeting detention centres escaped refugees. the refugee was to be deported temporary camp is set up as Writing to refugees inside on. After the doors were closed, close to a border as possible. detention centres and sending Resources: but before the plane was able to The camps become sites for the them international phone cards »No Border network, fighting take off, he removed his seat exchange of political (their lifeline to their families) for for all: belt, folded his arms so no-one experiences, as well as cultural is one of the easiest actions one www.noborder.org would be frightened of his and media activities. They can take. »Annual US/Mexican borderhack intentions, and declared that create a space, often in remote Disrupting the building of event: www.borderhack.org the plane was being used to areas, to gather, discuss, and new centres is one way to »UK National Coalition of deport an asylum seeker and make connections, as well as to highlight the issues locally. A Anti-Deportation Campaigns: that he would not sit down take direct actions to disrupt new detention centre in www.ncadc.org.uk until the refugee was taken off the border posts or help was demolished by a group, »Australian support for escaped the plane. Eventually he was refugees cross safely. No Border which included priests and refugees: removed by security, but as he camps have appeared on the members of Parliament, and www.spareroomsforrefugees.com left, he yelled that there were shores of the Straits of two more were closed down due 20 others on the plane who Gibraltar, the beach of Tijuana, to protest. were prepared do the same in the desert at Woomera, In Baxter, Australia, actions thing unless the refugee was Australia, and on the borders of were accompanied by an released (more a statement of Ukraine and Slovakia, Poland independent radio broadcast in optimism than fact). The pilot and Belorus to name a few. the immediate area of the refused to take off until the Even Frankfurt’s detention centre. It took in- refugee was removed from the international airport became a coming phone calls from the

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