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On 12th October 2010, 46-year-old Jimmy Mubenga was put on British Airways flight 77 from Heathrow to Luanda. He was accompanied by three security guards from G4S who, according to eyewitnesses, violently assaulted him while trying to 'restrain' him on board the plane. An ambulance was called to the airport and Jimmy was taken to Hillingdon Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Guardian coverage | Corporate Watch article | IRR report on deaths of migrants

London commuters were surprised on Friday morning to find that their usual Metro paper was a bit thinner, yet more interesting and engaging, than usual. Tens of thousands of copies of a spoof newspaper that looked very similar to the free daily were distributed at 20 busy tube stations around the capital during rush hour. Thousands more were distributed in other cities around the country. >> report and pix

African migrants are today going to be left homeless after the French Police this morning evicted an abandoned warehouse in Calais that was home to around 80 African migrants from Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

The eviction had been pre-announced in yesterday's local newspapers for 13:00 today. Most of the migrants had therefore left the building when the police arrived. The police have sealed off the building and have placed a chemical toilet outside for the workers who will carry out the demolition.

As part of the Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine (1-6 June), different groups around the UK and Europe organised various events, protests and actions in their area. Here's a round-up put together by Stop Deportation.

The article below is taken from ayya, where a couple of Bristol No Borders activists have reporting from the World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights in Cochabamba, Bolivia, 19-22 April 2010.

19th April – From the Migration and Climate Change Working Group

On 23rd March 2010, a high-profile conference about 'policing the borders' that brought together Frontex, the UK Border Agency and senior police officers from various UK police forces was disrupted by No Borders activists protesting against Fortress Europe [press release | video]. Protesters have since posted two of the main presentations that were included in the welcome packs left behind by the delegates who rushed out of the conference hall, one by Frontex on "how to solve cross-border challenges and create an integrated border control system" and the other by ACPO on "the national strategy for UK border policing."