Archives mensuelles : August 2025

Audio testimony of a deportation attempt, July 16 2025: “They said they want to take me to a country whereby I’m not belong there, I’m not from there, I’m not born there.”

Publié le August 19, 2025 par Getting the Voice Out

Testimony from a man who survived an attempted deportation (to a country that is not even their own), after being tortured by the police on the plane and in the van after being taken off, thanks to the protest of … Continuer la lecture →

Publié dans Audio testimonies, Migration policy, News from the centres, Struggle stories | Marqué avec , | Laisser un commentaire

Several escape attempts at detention centre 127bis in Steenokkerzeel this summer.

Publié le August 13, 2025 par Martine

For the past month, detainees have been reporting frequent escape attempts at detention centre 127 bis. According to detainees, seven people have managed to escape. Several others who attempted to escape were placed in solitary confinement or transferred to another centre. … Continuer la lecture →

Publié dans Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Strijdverhalen | Marqué avec , | Laisser un commentaire

Merksplas: the detention centre is expanding, and detainees are reporting bedbugs

Publié le August 3, 2025 par Martine

On 29 July, a man detained at the Merksplas detention centre (Antwerp) alerted us that the detainees there were suffering from insect bites. “We’re scratching ourselves all over. Please do something.” The infestation began in one of the centre’s blocks … Continuer la lecture →

Publié dans Getuigenissen, Nieuws van de gesloten centra | Marqué avec , | Laisser un commentaire

Belgian Arizona (part 4 – detention & deportation): x-ray of a repressive, racist and inhumane migration policy

Publié le August 2, 2025 par Getting the Voice Out

On January 31, 2025, the new federal government finally unveiled its long-awaited coalition agreement. From the very first lines of the preamble, the tone was set: Bart De Wever, newly appointed Prime Minister under the banner of the N-VA, made … Continuer la lecture →

Publié dans Migratiepolitiek, Migration policy, Politique migratoire | Marqué avec | Laisser un commentaire