[English below] Le 12 août 2023, 7 personnes de nationalité afghane décédaient au large de Sangatte après le naufrage de leur embarcation. Plus de deux ans plus tard se tiendra le procès de 10 personnes suspectées d’avoir organisé des traversées de la Manche dont 9 d’entre elles passeront devant le tribunal correctionnel de Paris du…
[Français en bas / Deutsch weiter unten] At the end of March 2025, Ahmad’s trial took place. He was accused of co-driving a boat across the English Channel and of being responsible for the deaths of several people. This trial is an example of the criminalisation of captains as a further instrument of the death-dealing…
[Français en bas / Deutsch weiter unten] While people with visas can cross the Channel with disconcerting ease, it is a deadly and highly militarised zone for people without visas. Those who nevertheless facilitate crossings are criminalised on a massive scale. The border regime has one main objective: to divert attention away from itself. Ever…