Author Archives: Calais Research Network

mapping the deals and decision-makers

One year after the Jungle eviction, the hunt against migrants is as vicious as ever. People keep arriving, hoping to cross the channel and join families and friends in the UK. They are now met with a zero tolerance policy: … Continue reading

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Vinci: detailed company profile

We have added to the site an in-depth profile of Vinci, the French construction mega-corp contracted to work on the jungle demolition and build the “Great Wall of Calais”. (NB: this was originally published on the Corporate Watch website in … Continue reading

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Eurotunnel: death at the fences, profits for Goldman Sachs

Death at the fences, profits for Goldman Sachs At least 15 people were killed in or around the channel tunnel in 2015. Some were electrocuted, some run over by trains, some chased by police into traffic near the entrance. All … Continue reading

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Mise à jour de la liste des entreprises qui collaborent à l’expulsion de la jungle de Calais

Le groupe Calais Research a établi une liste incomplète des nombreuses entreprises qui tirent profit de l’expulsion de la semaine du 24 octobre, rasant le camp et dispersant les personnes dans toute la France. Ceci est une mise à jour … Continue reading

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An Update on Some of the Companies Collaborating in the Calais Eviction

The Calais Research Network has created a list of some of the many companies that profited off of the eviction in the last weeks, razing the camp and dispersing people across France. This is an update to the longer list … Continue reading

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Calais Research Network: plus de 40 entreprises qui profitent de l’expulsion de la Jungle et des violences aux frontières

Scroll down for post in English. La destruction de la jungle de Calais est sur le point de commencer, mais à qui profite cet acte brutal ? D’une part aux politiciens cyniques, qui lorgnent sur l’élection présidentielle de l’année prochaine, et … Continue reading

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Calais Research Network: 40+ companies profiting from the Jungle eviction and border violence

The eviction of the Calais jungle is about to begin, but who does this act of brutality serve? On the one hand, cynical politicians looking to the French presidential election next year, desperately trying to cling onto power with a … Continue reading

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The Calais Wall: Vinci and the other profiteers making a killing from building an anti-migrant barrier

Work has now started on the “great wall of Calais”, the 13 foot high £2 million anti-migrant security wall ordered by the UK and French governments. The wall will block off the “jungle”, a government created slum where approximately 10,000 … Continue reading

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Le mur de Calais : Vinci et les autres profiteurs de la construction de la barrière anti-migrants

Les travaux de la “grande muraille de Calais” ont commencé, le mur de sécurité anti-migrants de 4 mètres de haut à 2 millions de Livres Sterling commandé par les gouvernements britannique et français. Le mur va isoler la «jungle», bidonville … Continue reading

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Le Home Office (ministère de l’intérieur britannique) annonce tranquillement la privatisation à hauteur de £80 million de la sécurité des frontières à Calais

Pendant que les plans du Royaume-Uni pour le « Super Mur de Calais » font la une, une plus importante affaire de sécurité à Calais s’est traitée silencieusement et sans être remarquée : la privatisation à hauteur de £80 million d’une bonne … Continue reading

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