Archives mensuelles : September 2015

Ten liberation in the closed centre 127bis

Update 26 septembre 2015 Following the repression of the “trouble makers” of last week,the calm in the 127bis detention centre is supposed to be back and this for good reasons: some detainees have been transferred toother centres and put in … Continuer la lecture

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The Office of Shame never so aptly beared its name.

22/09/2015 How not to be ashamed to be Belgian when seeing the practices by our government and its administration? In front of this refugees crisis, no humankind, no justice; only a policy that is as hypocritical as abject. Its main … Continuer la lecture

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Let’s prevent the deportation of a Congolese man to Bangkok!

22/09/2015 Mr R was arrested at the airport 4 months ago. He is Congolese. He came from South Africa and arrived to Belgium through Germany. Since his arrival, he has been retained at the Caricole closed centre. He introduced an … Continuer la lecture

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Update 127bis 21/09/2015

We were very few in front of the 127bis closed centre to encourage the detainees among whom 30 are on hunger strike. Quite sad, all the more since the detainees had organised themselves and were expecting us. In the backyard … Continuer la lecture

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Meeting Sunday 0.2 p.m. Centre fermé 127bis et centre Caricole: Update .

Update 20/09: Detainees were waiting for us in the backyard of the centre with banners, shouting for freedom.A man climbed on the roof with many banners. In a second wing we could not get close to the tension was extremely … Continuer la lecture

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Collective deportations of 78 Iraqis to Bagdad

We heard through the Flemish media that the Office was busy organising the ‘voluntary return’ of 78 Iraqis. 40 will be put on a plane this Friday 18th of September 2015 and 38 on Wednesday 23rd of September 2015. The … Continuer la lecture

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Current target of the Foreigners Office: Iraqis

On 14th September 2015 we learnt that 25 Iraqis were being detained in one of the wings of the 127bis closed centre. Most of them were arrested at the Foreigners Office after being convened. They were told that they have … Continuer la lecture

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Europe’s Deportation Machine

“The arrival of refugees to the EU is often chaotic and messy. But when it comes to getting rid of those who aren’t wanted, the system is extremely efficient.” http://www.zeit.de/feature/refugees-in-germany-deportation-flights-laws

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“You must find a solution to take us out of here”

Testimony in Arabic by a man detained for several months in different closed centres in Belgium 08/08/2015 audio testimony here Question : Hi, how are you? Answer : How can I be OK? I’m not OK at all. Q : … Continuer la lecture

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Alerte: More than 15 Iraqis in the 127bis closed centre

The Office is easy with the declarations of CGRA and takes action: The CGRA had declared they would freeze the aslyum requests by Iraqis coming from Bagdad, considering that the situation over there might not be that serious! http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1734/Irak/article/detail/2444325/2015/09/03/Gel-provisoire-des-decisions-pour-les-demandes-d-asile-des-Irakiens-de-Bagdad.dhtml http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Binnenland/article/detail/2444446/2015/09/03/Tijdelijke-beslissingsstop-voor-asielaanvragen-van-Irakezen-uit-Bagdad.dhtml … Continuer la lecture

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The humanitarian emergency at the Parc Maximilien. And after? 04/09/2015

The emergency has been declared; the so-called ‘humanitarian’ emergency. However, the concept of ’emergency’ implies that it can only be answered with short term solutions, hence preventing any longer term solutions and even ‘forgetting’ about the political origins of these … Continuer la lecture

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Some news : 02/09/2015

After a long silence from our side because of a lack of candidates ready to listen to the detainees in the centres, we are back again (two of us, so any other candidate is welcome!). Our first impressions since our … Continuer la lecture

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