Category Archives: English

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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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: 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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Home Office quietly advertises £80 million privatisation of Calais border security

While the UK’s plans for the “Great Wall of Calais” hit headlines, an even bigger Calais security deal has gone quietly unnoticed: an £80 million privatisation of much of the border security in Northern France. Without any fanfare from the … Continue reading

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