On Tuesday 14 October, as 180,000 people took to the streets of Brussels to protest against Arizona, a wing of the 127bis detention centre began to revolt. From early in the morning, detainees noticed a heavy police presence around the … Continuer la lecture →
Seven years ago this very same day, on 9 October 2018, we learned of the death of Gebre Mariam, a 36-year-old young man from Eritrea, who had been detained for four months at the Vottem detention centre (Liège). The memory … Continuer la lecture →
Since Mahmoud’s death yesterday at the 127bis closed centre (near Zaventem), five of his comrades have been put in solitary confinement and forcibly transferred to three different centres: two in Bruges, two in Vottem (Liège), and one in Caricole (also … Continuer la lecture →
The detainees at 127bis alerted us this morning that a man had committed suicide during the night at the centre. The man was Mahmoud Ezzat Farag Allah, a Palestinian who had been detained at the centre for three months. His … Continuer la lecture →
For several days now, Guinean nationals detained in closed centres have been alerting us to deportations planned for this week to Guinea. The deportation attempts we are aware of were scheduled from the 22nd to 27th of September and concern … Continuer la lecture →
Twenty-seven years ago today, on 22 September 1998, Semira Adamu was killed by Belgian police officers. The 20-year-old woman, an activist and undocumented migrant, was undergoing her sixth attempt at deportation. Escorted onto the plane by nine white police officers, … Continuer la lecture →
From his isolation cell in Merksplas, Anas shares a few words about his situation: violation of rights and repression on one side, struggle by any means necessary on the other. Anas requested access to medical care, which was denied. This … Continuer la lecture →
The government had announced it, and now it’s happening: since last week, the first Frontex agents have been on duty at Zaventem airport. The government’s goal is clear: the Minister of the Interior (Quintin, MR) and the Minister of Asylum … Continuer la lecture →
From 1998 to 2025: it has already been 27 years since Semira Adamu, then detained at the 127bis detention centre, lost her life, murdered by police officers who suffocated her during their sixth attempt to deport her by plane. 27 … Continuer la lecture →
On 20 September in Charleroi, a demonstration will be held against violent, racist and inhumane Belgian and European migration policies. ❤ This march will commemorate the life and struggle of Semira Adamu, an undocumented activist killed by the police during … Continuer la lecture →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
We have heard that a man managed to escape from 127bis last week by climbing over the fences. We wish him well! Abolish detention centres and all prisons! Freedom for all!
On January 31, 2025, the new federal government finally unveiled its long-awaited coalition agreement. From the very first lines of the preamble, the picture is clear : Bart De Wever, newly appointed Prime Minister under the N-VA banner, makes no … Continuer la lecture →
Silenciées (Silenced) is a collection of testimonies from people who are or have been detained in detention centres in Belgium. These prisons, that do not speak their name, are where the Belgian state locks up and detains people who, in … Continuer la lecture →
A military/ charter flight departed from Belgium, supported by Frontex. We are told that a dozen men and women, who had been locked up for several months in various detention centres in Belgium, were deported by a military charter on … Continuer la lecture →
A collection of stories from people held in administrative detention centres in Belgium. 📖 Meet us on Thursday 26 June at 7pm at the B.💣.U.M Bibliothèque for a discussion on the book Silenciées – L’enfermement des personnes sans-papiers en … Continuer la lecture →
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The Royal Order setting out the places where frontex agents will be able to search in Belgium has been published in the Belgian Monitor. The law will come into force on 1 June 2025 #ABOLISHFRONTEX – -6 airports: Brussel Nationaal … Continuer la lecture →
A collective deportation by secure flight to Iraq is planned for early Tuesday morning (4:25 a.m.) on 29 April 2025, involving at least ten Iraqi citizens currently held in detention centres in Belgium. The flight is a military aircraft financed … Continuer la lecture →
The testimony of H. detained in the closed centre of Bruges (FR) (april 2025) https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/H-cf-de-Bruges-2-avril-2025.mp3 Enlish translation “I’d like to testify for what’s happening here in the centre because we live in really bad conditions. We shower once a day. … Continuer la lecture →
March 2025 Since the beginning of 2025, we have been told by detained people, family members and associations of the presence of minors in closed centres. Following the campaign run in 2016 by organisations and citizens entitled ‘We don’t lock … Continuer la lecture →
18/03/2025 “My name is Ella, born in February 2002 in Ivory Coast. In October 2020, I left my native country with my head full of dreams to study optometry in Belgium. After two years of studying, I felt the need … Continuer la lecture →
At the beginning of February, we learned of the death of Baudouin Pandikuziku. Baudouin had been the victim of a violent police attack as a passenger on a Brussels Airlines flight last December*. Today, there is every reason to … Continuer la lecture →
04/03/2025 : The case of L., detained in the closed centre of Bruges Previously, L. lived in Switzerland. He was born in Congo but for many years his whole family has lived in Belgium. He held a residence permit until … Continuer la lecture →
On Sunday the 23rd of February 2025 a group of people gathered in front of the closed centre of Merskplas (near Antwerpen) to voice their support to those detained there, and their dream of a world without borders and prisons. … Continuer la lecture →
We summarised the known attempts and deportations for the months of October and November: https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/the-deportation-saga-stories-of-resistance/ The deportations continue unabatedly in December and January. Several detainees with whom we were in contact, that had already suffered up to seven deportation attemps, … Continuer la lecture →
We were able to meet a Palestinian, hereinafter named A. , a father separated from his family since the intensification of colonial violence in Palestine. A. He left the territory of Gaza in March 2024, but he could not include … Continuer la lecture →
24 January We bring here the testimony of a visitor who recently visited the Bruges closed centre and tells us about the deplorable conditions of detention, the lack of privacy, and the tense atmosphere. She also reports to us that … Continuer la lecture →
12/01/2025 We have learned from fellow inmates that two minor boys of Afghan origin have been taken to the 127bis detention centre in Steenokkerzeel, where one has been held since 23 December 2024 and the other since 3 January 2025. … Continuer la lecture →
( authorised gathering). Foreigners’ Office Boulevard Pacheco, 44 1000 Brussels The Foreign Nationals Office continues to detain hundreds of people of all nationalities for deportation under agreements signed with the countries concerned. Many of these people, supposedly of Guinean … Continuer la lecture →
[TW: self-harm, police violence] This Tuesday 17 December, around ten people of Moroccan origin were deported on a ‘special flight’, chartered specifically for the deportation. This is the third flight of this type that has been arranged to Morocco since … Continuer la lecture →
On 5 December 2024, more than ten detained persons at the Merksplas detention centre had been on hunger strike for several days. Six of them have been placed in ‘isolation’ today. Our group is regularly alerted to hunger (and sometimes … Continuer la lecture →
We have learned that eight people of Moroccan origin were forcibly put on a flight to Morocco on Tuesday 19 November 2024.The day before, on Monday 18 November 2024, security officers violently and unexpectedly took more than a dozen … Continuer la lecture →
Today, Sunday 24 November 2024, on this day of action against violence against women* and gender minorities, a group of activists gathered outside the Holsbeek women’s detention centre (in the Leuven region). The aim of the action was to … Continuer la lecture →
In recent days we have learned that a number of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo held in detention centres have been informed that they will be put on a flight this Wednesday 13 November to be deported to … Continuer la lecture →
October 2024 We have received numerous reports of (attempted) deportations over the past month. The pace of deportations is not unusual, except that among these attempts we have been made aware of some particularly violent situations. Failed deportation to Senegal … Continuer la lecture →
Attuned, a Brussels-based collective of solidarity events, is organising an evening in support of Getting the Voice Out on Friday 15 November. All proceeds from the evening will be used to send top-up phone cards to people held in detention … Continuer la lecture →
6 November 2024 For about 22 days, we lost contact with M., a detainee that had just started a hunger strike in protest to his detention. His phone seems to have been confiscated and neither his family nor his lawyer … Continuer la lecture →
We provide each detainee with a €10 monthly top-up phone card. Our resources are diminishing, which is why your help is crucial! Make a donation (or better still, a permanent order) to support us. The money will be sent … Continuer la lecture →
This Sunday on the 13th of October, a young palestinian man was subjected to an attempted deportation at Zaventem airport. It was the second attempt to deport him to Albania. On the first attempt, Albania refused the deportation and he … Continuer la lecture →
01 october 2024′ E. has been in a closed centre for several months. He tells us about his experience of detention, particularly with regard to hygiene conditions, food and the lack of psychological support. He also talks about the action … Continuer la lecture →
A woman who has been detained at the Bruges detention centre for several months was due to be deported for the sixth time on Saturday 5 October. Her fellow inmates were very worried about the deportation and called for support. … Continuer la lecture →
A look back at the suicide attempt (127bis) [TW self-harm] On 11 August last, several inmates at the 127bis detention centre reported a suicide attempt*. The man in question allegedly cut his wrists in the toilets. “There was blood all … Continuer la lecture →
GVO is a Belgian collective (mainly based in Brussels) that fights against borders, against all forms of imprisonment, and for freedom of movement and settlement for all. We are fighting against detention centres. Under Belgian law, the purpose of detention … Continuer la lecture →
→ Saturday 21/09/2024 (from 6pm) at the Nova cinema (rue d’Arenberg 3, 1000 Brussels) On 22 September 1998, Semira Adamu was murdered by gendarmes escorting her sixth deportation attempt after being held for several months at the 127bis detention centre. … Continuer la lecture →
09 sptember 2024 A man of Georgian nationality, who arrived at the Bruges detention centre a week ago, had stopped eating for 5 days. The man suffered from diabetes and was not receiving adequate treatment. On 2 September, he collapsed … Continuer la lecture →
09/09/2024 Since July, inmates at 127bis detention centre (Steenokkerzeel) have been alerting us to a critical situation: an infestation of bedbugs in the bedrooms and living areas. Similar alerts have been issued for other detention centres, including Merksplas and Bruges. … Continuer la lecture →
There will be a demonstration in Charleroi on Sunday 22 September against the detention of undocumented migrants and the violence of migration policies. Charleroi because the government in Jumet (Charleroi municipality) plans to build a detention center1 with a … Continuer la lecture →
[TW accounts of physical assaults] While things are slowing down over the summer, the detention and deportation machine continues to traumatise detainees. A number of them have described incidents of violence that are part of everyday life in detention, accounts … Continuer la lecture →
Audio testimony from a detention centre 4 July 2024 A man has been in a detention centre for several months and wishes to denounce the systemic violence there by means of an audio recording. Listen to the testimony HERE (FR) … Continuer la lecture →
20 JULY 2024 In the last few weeks, we have received many calls from several detention centres reporting bedbug infestations in bedrooms and living areas. According to the inmates, there is no overall strategy adopted by staff to eradicate this … Continuer la lecture →
The story of a deportation [TW police violence] Five people, three men and two women, were deported on a commercial flight on 18 June 2024, escorted by 28 police officers. We had been warned that a Moroccan woman would be … Continuer la lecture →
Since the massive intensification of the attacks perpetrated by the State of Israel in Gaza, many Palestinian refugees have found themselves incarcerated in the Caricole detention centre. Arrested at Zaventem airport, these people have been incarcerated for several months … Continuer la lecture →
Caricole detention centre – Palestinian detainees (01/06/2024) In recent weeks, Palestinians from Jordan, Egypt and Turkey have been arrested on arrival at Zaventem and have since been held in the closed centres around the airport, awaiting deportation. Faced … Continuer la lecture →
20 April 2024 ‘Against food, for freedom’. ‘Do you know how much we’re costing you? For nothing!’ The inmates of detention centre 127bis (Steenokkerzeel) have informed us that a general hunger strike has been called for Tuesday 14 May … Continuer la lecture →
15/05/2024 The Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor, recently declared in the press that ‘Moroccans residing illegally in Belgium may be sent back’¹. Last April, Nicole de Moor, accompanied by a delegation of Belgian ministers, visited … Continuer la lecture →
“One staff member in particular creates a climate of terror on a daily basis, followed by other guards. Some inmates are very afraid of this guard and try to avoid him as much as possible by hiding.” For more than … Continuer la lecture →
23/04/2024 Mr B. is from Ethiopia and was arrested at Zaventem airport in December 2023. Following his arrest, he lodged an initial asylum application in Belgium, then a second one after he had obtained more information to support his … Continuer la lecture →
Getting the voice out joins this appeal published on https://stuut.info/Appel-a-Rassemblement-a-Jumet-le-10-Avril-stop-aux-Centres-Fermes-3504 Let’s get together this Wednesday 10 April (17:30), to oppose the construction of a new closed centre in Jumet, in the Charleroi region. Neither here nor there: no closed centre … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony of a violent expulsion by military flight (cargo) [TW police violence] Over the last few months, we have been in regular contact with a person of Djiboutian nationality who was detained at the Caricole detention centre for almost four … Continuer la lecture →
Inmates in a wing of Bruges detention centre warn us 22/03/2024 Detainees at the Bruges closed centre have informed us that one of their detainees was recently placed in medical isolation because he tested positive for tuberculosis. The person had … Continuer la lecture →
The inmates of the 127bis detention centre (in Steenokkerzeel, close to Zaventem airport) have informed us that a man in his thirties, Mr A., took his own life on Saturday 9 March 2024. The man was of Ethiopian origin … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony given on 29/02/2024 by a man who has been in the Merksplas detention centre for almost 5 months. His first attempt to be deported was on Friday 01/03/2024 to Dakar, which he refused. Today, 04/03/2024, the office has extended … Continuer la lecture →
According to reports from the Immigration Office, there were 2,918 forced returns in 2022. By November 2023, the number of forced returns had already risen to 3,097. For the moment we witness many attempted forced deportations that take place … Continuer la lecture →
Februari 2024 Closed Centre 127bis – Hungerstrike In a wing of the 127 bis detention centre in Steenokkerzeel, in reaction to their detention and the inhumane conditions in which they are being held, some people are trying to form a … Continuer la lecture →
On 19 February 2024, a question was asked to Mayor Paul Magnette (PS) at a local council meeting(1) about plans for a future closed centre in Jumet. This project, which now seems to be supported by Magnette, appeared in 2017 … Continuer la lecture →
13 February 2024 Detainees at the Caricole detention centre contacted Getting the Voice Out to report the situation of one of their fellow inmates. “In the course of last week, a detainee was assaulted during an attempted deportation. She … Continuer la lecture →
People gathered in front of the Immigration Office on 19 January 2024 to denounce the recent deaths of people who were detained in closed centres, to denounce the conditions of detention and the physical and psychological violence to which these … Continuer la lecture →
On January 7, inmates at the 127bis detention center in Steenokkerzeel reported the death by hanging of one of their fellow inmates. The inmates were quickly transferred from one wing of the closed center to another, and the management is … Continuer la lecture →
Not enough phones at Bruges detention centre For several weeks now, detainees in Bruges have rarely received a SIM card, and received no telephone. Around twenty inmates in several wings of the centre with which we are in contact are … Continuer la lecture →
27th December 2023 On 25 December 2023, around 6 p.m., inmates told us that ambulances, fire brigade and police had arrived at the Merksplas detention centre, in block 5, where the solitary confinment and isolation cells for “people … Continuer la lecture →
19 Décember 2023 We regularly receive testimonies of police violence during forced deportation attempts. Here are some testimonies we received in recent months: “6 officers: I was stripped naked and completely searched, I was handcuffed and given a large belt. … Continuer la lecture →
The collective Getting the Voice Out condemns the arrestation and the previous attempt of deportation of a underage Afghan asylum seeker(who according to the Belgian Migration Office is of age. However the Office made this conclusion based on a research … Continuer la lecture →
This year, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the law on detention centres, prisons that deprive migrants of their freedom, where they are reduced to mere numbers and their basic humanity is ignored. Semira, killed 25 years ago during a … Continuer la lecture →
Seven young men from Burundi national youth handball team are detained in a detention centre In August 2023, the Burundi national youth handball team travelled to Croatia to participate in the Men’s Youth World Handball Championship 2023. During … Continuer la lecture →
01/11/2023 Double punishment & Dublin regulation The notion of “double punishment”, also known as “banishment”, refers to the process undergone by foreign nationals sentenced to a prison term who, at the end of their sentence, are then transferred … Continuer la lecture →
[Relay: call for support – Truth and justice for Tamazi] A fund has just been launched for the family of Tamazi R., who died in a detention centre in February 2023. The aim of this fundraising campaign is … Continuer la lecture →
Report on the rally: https://stuut.info/Rassemblement-en-memoire-de-Semira-Adamu-et-contre-les-centres-fermes-compte-2565 FR “On Sunday 24 September, 200 people gathered at Place Sainte Gudule to remember Semira Adamu, who was murdered by the police 25 years ago as she tried to leave Belgium. The rally … Continuer la lecture →
TW mutilation Mr M. underwent his third deportation attempt to Dakar on Saturday 7 October 2023. He has been in Belgium for 8 years and has now been locked up for over 9 months. M. is desperate: he has already … Continuer la lecture →
Last Thursday 28 september 2023 at midday, S, aged 52, was tired because of several illnesses (cholesterol, syphilis, high blood pressure, etc.) and the fact that he had been locked up in a detention centre since January. It was then … Continuer la lecture →
30 sptember 2023 “They have come to get a friend, ma’am”. “They have come to get an old man from Algeria”. “They have come to get Congolese men”. “They have come to get……..” “They have come to get…” “And soon … Continuer la lecture →
15/09/2023 “I’ve served my sentence to the end. Why am I being punished a second time? Because I’m a foreigner? That’s discrimination.” The double penalty is part of the arsenal put in place by the Foreigners’ Office to punish those … Continuer la lecture →
12/09/23 Collective deportation by Frontex (European border and coast guard agency) and the Belgian state: This morning we are receiving many calls from detainees from the 127bis detention centre in Steenokkerzeel confirming what was announced yesterday: a collective flight coordinated … Continuer la lecture →
04/09/2023 : On top of the roundups announced by the state, arrests take place daily throughout Belgium, in stations, on public transport, criminalizing people who are trying to find their way in this migratory chaos. The social model of regularization … Continuer la lecture →
22/08/2023If you know anyone, collective or non-profit that can help Angel get out of detention center in Sweden and get the international protection, please contact us immediately. Context : Angel was forced to leave Kenya following a lesbophobic attack that led … Continuer la lecture →
The Holsbeek detention centre, on the outskirts of Leuven, is the only one of Belgium’s 6 detention centres that only holds women. On 16 August, a 58-year-old woman was found unconscious in her room. It appeared that she had not eaten … Continuer la lecture →
Richard Ngaballa is a gay man from Cameroon who has been held in detention centre 127bis since March 2023. He is threatened with deportation and risks imprisonment and death in Cameroon. Richard arrived in Belgium in 2016 and has … Continuer la lecture →
24/07/2023 : A short while ago, we reported on the alarming situation of Richard Ngaballa. Forced to flee Cameroon because of his homosexuality, he was refused for asylum by the Belgian government, which argued a lack of evidence of his … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE : Meneer met gefoceerd uitgezet op 19/07/2023 naar Istamboul. Siraj Al-Nanal is from Gaza, Palestine. He recently fled the war and violence he suffered in Palestine, and applied for asylum in Belgium. During his interview with the General Commissariat for … Continuer la lecture →
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/160723/tamazi-mort-en-retention-le-combat-pour-la-verite-d-une-famille-de-refugies On 15 of February this year, Tamazi, a man of Georgian origin, died in the Merksplas detention centre. At the time, Getting the Voice Out reported on this tragedy, which raised many questions, even though the man had … Continuer la lecture →
17 July 2023 A gay man faces deportation to Cameroon , where he is threatened with imprisonment and death Several years ago, Richard left Cameroon to escape violence because of his homosexuality. He has been denied international protection in Belgium, … Continuer la lecture →
11/07/2023She wanted to leave her country, Eritrea, to join her children and grandchildren living in Norway. On her way, she gave her fingerprints in Romania. When she arrived in Norway, the government decided to apply the Dublin regulation and detain … Continuer la lecture →
03/07/2023While on June 18th we reported on the violence suffered by detainees at the Bruges detention centre https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/closed-centre-brugge-appeal/, we have since learned of other unacceptable incidents of mistreatment and violence. Mr M., who has been on hunger and thirst strike for … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE: This man was released on 23 June thanks to his unfailing resistance to a repressive state. Congratulations to him. ____________________________________________________________ 18/06/2023: Inmates share their concerns for one of their fellow inmates. M. has been on hunger and thirst … Continuer la lecture →
[Press] “Questions remain after a mother separated from her children stays in a detention centre.” “Camilla has spent as many as 40 days in administrative detention, separated from her partner and her two young children. According to organisations following this … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 07/07/2023: The man has been released after 9 months in prison and a 30-day hunger strike. Good luck to him. ____________________________________________________________________________30 may 2023: Mohamed S. has been held in Merksplas detention center since September 21, 2022, to await deportation … Continuer la lecture →
A collective deportation by military flight to Guinea Conakry is scheduled for this Tuesday 23/05/2023 at 10 am from Melsbroek airport (military airbase). A first collective deportation to Guinea and Congo (DRC) had already been scheduled by the … Continuer la lecture →
AUDIO Testimony of Ms. Touria about her violent eviction: “Seven police officers to illegally evict me” (FR) AUDIO of Touria’s request for media coverage: “I want media” (FR) Transcription in Engl below Contextualisation of Ms. Touria’s situation Ms. Touria … Continuer la lecture →
from : https://stuut.info/Parloir-sauvage-aux-centres-fermes-de-Steenokkerzeel-1992 On the 13th of May about twenty people shouted rage against the closed centres (1) in front of the 127bis and Caricole detention centres Located in Steenockerzeel, 127bis has existed since 1994. It was placed right next … Continuer la lecture →
On April 25 2023, fifteen Congolese detainees who had been held for several months in various closed centers were transferred to 127bis for collective deportation. The next day, eleven of these people were forcibly deported by military flight to … Continuer la lecture →
Film https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/filmje-mersplas-4.mp4 Around lunchtime, around 30 detainees from the a closed centre started a riot in the canteen in Merksplas. They did this to express their displeasure against the living conditions at the centre. This happend at the same centre … Continuer la lecture →
1. Mental health and medication The violence of the prison system and detention itself have catastrophic impacts on the mental health of prisoners. Recently, several people have expressed their concern about fellow prisoners who are clearly in great pain: … Continuer la lecture →
At the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, the government plans to build a massive deportation prison. Already now, mass deportations via charter flights silently take place there every month. We want to break the silence and are organizing the “Stop Deportation! Protest Camp” … Continuer la lecture →
– About ten days ago, several detainees reported a collective flight to the DRC. In the following days, contact with these people was very limited and several phones were on voice mail. – The social workers, also known as “accompaniers … Continuer la lecture →
The Foreign Office persists in an absurd, arbitrary and inhumane application of the Dublin Regulation by deporting thirty four people by military flight to Croatia. As a reminder, there is a European regulation called ‘Dublin’ which allows the determination of … Continuer la lecture →
12/03/2023 Numerous testimonies have been received from the centres relating the violence of the staff and the inhumane conditions of detention. As a reminder, the objective of the detention centres is to place undocumented persons in detention in order … Continuer la lecture →
– Closed centre Merksplas. Several detainees reported that they were subjected to racism, especially by the “return assistants”. – Many people under Dublin regulation have been deported within 5 days of their arrest without being … Continuer la lecture →
Calls received this Monday 20/02/2023 from the various Belgian detention centres via the Getting the Voice Out collective We learn that a women’s section has been reopened in the Bruges detention centre. This reopening would have taken place during … Continuer la lecture →
Death at Merksplas closed centre after hunger strike – 15/02/2023 This morning,February 15, 2023, we received several calls from detainees informing us of the death of a person at the Merkplas detention centre. This 40 year old Georgian man … Continuer la lecture →
In the framework of the Dublin procedure, several people locked up in a detention centre have been expelled to Croatia, where they had already been subjected to serious acts of violence. Others are likely to be deported in the coming … Continuer la lecture →
Update : Free on 09/02/2023 He is 44 years old. Originally from Tunisia, he has been living in Belgium for 12 years. On 13 December he was placed in a detention centre following a police check in Stalingrad. He had built … Continuer la lecture →
04/02/2023He had been in the closed centre of Vottem for several months. Security men came to pick him up by surprise to take him to the airport for his first attempt to be deported to Tunis with a stopover in … Continuer la lecture →
Retour de la visite des délégations au CIV le 24/12/2023. CRACPE: Collectif de Résistance Aux Centres Pour Etrangers. Site : www.cracpe.be Chaque année nous nous rassemblons devant le centre fermé de Vottem le 24 décembre. Il s’agit, comme à chacune … Continuer la lecture →
InfoMigrants and journalist Bahar Makooi report on Aisha’s struggle to cope with racist violence in the Caricole detention centre as well as with several deportation attempts. While Belgium claims that there is no risk for Iranians returned to or in … Continuer la lecture →
On 4 January 2023, we received calls from several detainees concerning disturbing violence perpetrated by guards at the 127bis detention centre near Zaventem. According to a first witness, the scene took place near the medical service of the centre. A … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony of a person detained in a closed centre and on hunger strike, December 2022. In June 2020, we published an article on our website denouncing the double punishment. As a reminder, these are detainees whose papers are … Continuer la lecture →
Collecting phones for detainees in closed centres Detainees in closed centers are provided with a small telephone (without camera) to contact their relatives, lawyers or other services. The telephone was lent to them by the administration of the closed centres. … Continuer la lecture →
The Getting the voice out collective is pleased to share with you the third episode of the Lance-Pierre podcast, the podcast that breaks down borders. This episode deals with the issue of women in exile and confinement. To discover it, … Continuer la lecture →
The ‘Office des Étangers’, in collaboration with the Frontex agency, has organised a special flight for 14 Congolese whose application for international protection has not been granted, 8 of whom are locked up in Belgian detention centres. https://afrique.lalibre.be/73630/belgique-un-vol-special-pour-rapatrier-14-congolais-deboutes-dune-demande-dasile/ This new … Continuer la lecture →
16/11/2022 : We are regularly informed of individual hunger and sometimes thirst strikes in the various centres. Some of the detainees demand their release, believing that their imprisonment is unjust. Others refuse to be deported to a country to which … Continuer la lecture →
Op 7/11 ontvingen we een getuigenis van een gevangene in Merksplas. Federale politieagenten gingen het centrum binnen om een gedetineerde uit te zetten. Een getuigenis die veel zegt over de technieken en repressie die gebruikt worden om de gevangenen te … Continuer la lecture →
05/11/2022We are regularly alerted to hunger and sometimes thirst strikes in the various centres. Some of them demand their release, considering their imprisonment unjust. Others refuse to be deported to a country to which they do not want to or … Continuer la lecture →
Collective deportation of Aghans this 16/11/2022 : A detainee informs us that there is a “special flight” tomorrow to deport Afghans to Austria . Three Afghans in closed centre 127 bis and several Afghans from other centres were placed in … Continuer la lecture →
Osman (not his real name) is an Alevi Kurd and has been on hunger strike for two weeks in the Caricole detention centre near Brussels. He refuses to be sent back to Poland and to be one of … Continuer la lecture →
Five inmates escaped from the detention centre on 04/10/2022 The Caricole centre is one of the detention centres set up by the Belgian state. Its function is to detain people arrested at airports and borders. These include people who were visiting … Continuer la lecture →
Update 09/10/2022: He was supposed to go before the Indictment Chamber on Tuesday 4/10/2022 for the fifth procedure introduced to obtain his release: he received the result on Thursday 06/10/2022: negative. The next day at 5am by surprise he is … Continuer la lecture →
Hello everyone,As you know, GVO fights against detention centres by bringing out the testimonies of detainees and by preventing the deportations .Thanks to the contacts with the detainees and by bringing out the testimonies, we can highlight the existence of … Continuer la lecture →
.PRESS RELEASE On 20 September 2022, a 20-year-old woman from Iran resisted her second deportation attempt.Hands and feet tied , accompanied by two policemen, she showed her resistance by shouting . This was how she warned the passengers who supported … Continuer la lecture →
14/09/2022 Prisonners are concerned about a man on hunger strike for 25 days. He already had health problems when he arrived in the center 2 months ago, and is very weak. He is a man who has been … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE : A was admitted in the hospital on 05/09 and find his freedom on 09/09 5 September 2022 Co-detainees alert us and are very worried about the state of health of Mr A. A … Continuer la lecture →
30/08/2022The detainees we are in contact with are demanding their freedom, their rights, proper food and access to medical care. They are protesting against these detentions, against deportations.They are detained in total precariousness, living all day in groups of about … Continuer la lecture →
Solidarity action on the plane during the attempted deportation of M! Many passengers would have filmed. Call to find these passengers for possible testimonies and to bring them legal aid if they are prosecuted; Call for the collection … Continuer la lecture →
The closed centres continue to fill up. They are arrested in the street, on public transport, in airports, at home, at the Foreigners Office, in open centres. Sometimes they are also transferred directly from a prison. … Continuer la lecture →
’ Press release – No Border Camp 2022 Press release – No Border Camp 2022 3 August 2022 – From Monday 8 to Sunday 14 August the No Border Camp 2022 will take place in Rotterdam. Hundreds of international activists … Continuer la lecture →
#stopdeportation VOL SN BRUXELLES – CONAKRY via DAKAR ” 19 juillet 2022 Apres plusieurs semaines ” turbulentes” , mais envers et contre tout, de bonnes énergies aussi…., enfin ce départ tant attendu. Mon cousin Moussa est à l’avance,destination Gare du Nord … Continuer la lecture →
AUDIO here (FR) G. Was arrested at the airport and taken to the Caricole. He is 17 years old and has been regarded as an adult after a bone test. Tests whose credibility is unreliable as it is based on … Continuer la lecture →
15 detainees, including several Syrians, started a hunger strike at the Caricole closed centre on 16/06/2022 to demand their release. This Saturday 18 June they phoned us; they have been on hunger strike for 3 days and ask for support. … Continuer la lecture →
09/06/2022 Closed Centre Caricole: last weekend at Caricole, it was a huge mess: up to 10 people a day are brought to the closed centre, stopped at the airport (Brussels or Charleroi) for administrative reasons: Indians, South Americans, Sub-Saharans, … Continuer la lecture →
Received from a visitor this 01/06/2022 Ms MS is Afghan. She was detained in the women’s detention centre in Holsbeek from 8 April 2022 to 24 May 2022, i.e. one and a half months. Her husband is Belgian and has … Continuer la lecture →
Arrests are going on in the streets of Brussels, in public transport, at the airport and in some people’s homes. We are in contact with many women arrested at the airport, often fleeing forced marriages, very serious domestic violence, to the … Continuer la lecture →
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20/04/2022 There were 18 detainees in block 3 of the detention centre of Merksplas. They demanded: – Decent food; – Trustworthy lawyers to claim the right to defend themselves; – An end to the racism of certain staff members; – … Continuer la lecture →
Another move by the Office of Shame!Three children spent a night in a police cell, then transferred to a detention centre, two 12 year old girls to the detention centre of Holsbeek and a 10 year old boy to the … Continuer la lecture →
05/03/2022Holsbeek, closed centre for women: “We live in total stress: we don’t know when they are coming to get us to expel us.” “We don’t get a ticket anymore. They suddenly come and kidnap us.” “They put us aside in … Continuer la lecture →
31/03/2022 S, Algerian born in 2006, 16 years old, travelled across Europe for a year, looking for a place to live. He travelled from country to country (Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands) to end up in a … Continuer la lecture →
On Friday 18/03/2022 at noon, she was kidnapped by security agents and the police, without any warning. Her lawyer was denied the right to see her. On 24/11/2021 she was arrested at Zaventem airport, while on transit to Canada with … Continuer la lecture →
This Sunday 13/03, eight “migrants”, probably of Sudanese origin, were taken away by the federal police from a camp in the Arlon/Luxembourg region. Today 17/03/2022 they remain untraceable despite our searches. Presumably, none of them has been able … Continuer la lecture →
The man who had undergone an expulsion whose video was running https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/video-deportation-echouee/ was brought to an isolation cell again this 09/03/2022. He is in a wheelchair disabled by the mistreatment he suffered during the previous eviction. He is in this … Continuer la lecture →
She arrived on 25/06/2021 from Cotonou hoping to apply for asylum.She was arrested by the aeronautical police at Zaventem airport, considering her application suspicious.She was placed in a closed centre in Holsbeek, then in Bruges.An employee at the CGRA service … Continuer la lecture →
Update 8pm 03/03/2022: The young man was brought back to the centre this afternoon. This morning, after a night in detention, he was taken by force to the airport. He was tied up to be put on the plane but … Continuer la lecture →
Update 28/02/2022 : The young girl, despite the fact that her expulsion got cancelled by the council, was nevertheless expelled with to Bening with an escort. Activists were present at the airport of Zaventem to warn passengers of her situation. … Continuer la lecture →
Forced eviction on 25/02/22 to Dakar A person with whom we have been in contact, locked up in 127 bis, has informed us that this morning she received a ticket to her country of origin, Senegal. This person has been … Continuer la lecture →
“Hello, I wanted to explain the things we go through here in this centre. The majority of the people who are here we all came, we fled either… there are people who fled death, people who fled abuse. Everybody has … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 12/02/2022 : She refused her deportation and was brought back to the closed centre of Bruges ; They are 2 from Benin locked up for almost 8 months ; From forced marriage to expulsion: a new Semira? We learn … Continuer la lecture →
127 bis detention centre in Steenokkerzeel There are 15 people in the L1 wing of the 127 bis detention centre, including three in confinement. On 1 February 2022, they decided to go on hunger strike to protest against :Their detention … Continuer la lecture →
AudioTestimony: detention in the “special wing” of the closed center of Vottem. 25/01/2022 A detainee recently contacted us to tell us about his detention in the “special wing” of the center of Vottem. This place is distinct from the “cachots”. … Continuer la lecture →
Mass deportations 20/01/2022 Many detainees in closed centres are or will be deported these days, mainly to sub-Saharan Africa. Most of them are people who have been arrested at the airport and denied asylum. They are desperate and tell us … Continuer la lecture →
Update 31/01/2021 “the intricacies of the Dublin agreements” S is still detained in the detention centre in BrugesThe office des étrangers (Immigration office) estimated that he was 18 years old on the basis of an age definition test, a test … Continuer la lecture →
The family and their lawyer are going to ask for a return visa for F. in court on 19/01/2022.If you want to support the family in court, come to the court this 19/01/2022 at 8.30 am in Rue des Quatre-Bras … Continuer la lecture →
Let’s prevent a forced deportation this Wednesday 12 January 2022 Mr. S. will be expelled this 12/01/2022 to his “country of origin”, Macedonia He has applied for asylum which has been refused by the CGRA. He confirms … Continuer la lecture →
On Sunday, January 2, 2022, people decided to start the year with an action in support of the prisoners of the Administrative Detention Center (CRA) of Coquelles, near Calais. They went there and made noise and shouted slogans for the … Continuer la lecture →
Update 26/12/2021: he was taken to the airport and then his escort was ordered not to put him on the plane…. he was taken back to a cachot but does not know in which centre. He tells us 100 times … Continuer la lecture →
At the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis, many people who do not have Belgian nationality, but a residence permit in Belgium or people with two nationalities were stuck abroad without the possibility of reaching their country of residence. The Belgian … Continuer la lecture →
State racism of the Foreigners’ Office and the CGRA 01/12/2021 In the last few days we have received several desperate calls from the women’s detention centre in Holsbeek All of them come from the DRC. They all arrived in September … Continuer la lecture →
Call for support Mr. M has asylum in Romania and lives there. He goes to Ethiopia to see his family. On his way back, he stops in Brussels to take a bus to Romania. He was illegally arrested at … Continuer la lecture →
Traps are set to deport by surprise November 9, 2021A closed center is home to multiple racist and sexist abuses, whether or not they are provided in the law. One of them, which this article intends to denounce, consists in … Continuer la lecture →
DEPORTATION CANCELED Let’s stop a forced deportation to Morocco! The man we are in contact with and who is about to be deported has been in Europe since 2010. He applied for asylum in Germany in 2014. In Belgium he did … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs. Hafsa El Mangad has fled a forced marriage and asked for asylum upon her arrival at the airport of Zaventem. She was locked up in the closed center of Holsbeek for the processing of her asylum application. According to the … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 01/11/2021: He was taken to the airport. Activists were present to talk to the passengers. In the offices of the federal police several agents in civilian clothes were waiting; Then without explanations Mr. was brought back to the centre … Continuer la lecture →
Illegal detentions and deportations 17/10/2021 Mr. C is of Malian origin but has a residence permit in Spain since 22 years, valid until 2024. He came to Belgium in 2014 having obtained a work contract. Due to a conflict with … Continuer la lecture →
Raid: systemic racism inherent in the police and the state. On Saturday evening, a raid took place at the North station of Brussels. 32 people were arrested. For several days now, the actors of the North station district, inhabitants, shopkeepers and … Continuer la lecture →
Following a walk in support of the detainees at the 127 bis closed centre, we were able to collect testimonies from the detainees. The conditions of detention and life are alarming: – A Ghanaian man has been on hunger strike for … Continuer la lecture →
Border police: arbitrary and racist arrests 30/09/2021 In the last few days, we have been contacted daily by people arrested at the airport. They call us via the central office of a centre or from a phone at … Continuer la lecture →
Update 02/10 /2021 : One of their fellow detainees was forcibly deported. He was jumped and beaten by the police at the airport, then taken back to the closed centre. This violence has reinforced the anger of the hunger strikers … Continuer la lecture →
Attempted deportation on a FRONTEX flight on 21/09/2021 We have already published several reports about one of our contacts who is currently detained in the closed centre of Vottem. Previous calls here Originally from Nigeria, he says he is a … Continuer la lecture →
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Known placements in detention centres, from the weekend 30/08/2021 He has Spanish nationality for 10 years, of Moroccan origin. He was arrested in Ghent and taken to the DC because he did not have his papers on him. He is … Continuer la lecture →
Minor in 127 bis closed centre and currently in isolation 17/08/2021 We have received several calls today from detainees at the 127 bis detention centre for a 17 year old Sudanese boy who has been locked up for more than … Continuer la lecture →
He was walking on a dimly lit road hoping to find the light at the end of the road in Arlon. His name was Hassan and he was 60 years old. He was hit by a car on the way … Continuer la lecture →
When the Grand-Ducal police beat and rob migrants04/08/2021 We have received a disturbing testimony, showing once again that the abuse of power – and this is a euphemism, speaking of fascization seems more appropriate – is not uncommon among the … Continuer la lecture →
Torture in the 127 bis detention centreMr. X had testified to us on 05/05/2021 about the extreme violence he had suffered in the 127 bis detention centre, and we had avoided publishing it at that time to avoid pitting him … Continuer la lecture →
.After the arrestation of M.B.A. https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/detained-and-soon-to-be-expelled-after-50-years-of-legal-residence-in-belgium/, again arrestation of a man 61 year old Since 30 June, Mr K.H. has been detained in the Caricole detention centre. He is Moroccan, 61 years old and has been legally resident in Belgium … Continuer la lecture →
After our article about Outrageous practices at the closed centre 127 bis in Steenokkerzeel.https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/outrageous-practices-at-the-closed-centre-127-bis-in-steenokkerzeel-27- Testimony : Shortly after being forcibly deported to Nigeria, a former detainee of 127bis wanted to share with one of our activists the … Continuer la lecture →
A detainee with whom we are in contact told us that, recently, several detainees from different countries had been asked to come to the social worker’s office without being informed of the reason for their summons. Once in the office, … Continuer la lecture →
. 26/06/2021 Mr M.B.A. is Moroccan. He arrived in Belgium 50 years ago, at the age of 13 with his parents. He has always lived in Belgium with his whole family. He got married, had a child, got divorced… … Continuer la lecture →
News from the detention centers in Belgium – June 18, 2021 The detention centers’ capacity is gradually rising with the relaxing of anti-coronavirus measures. Repatriations remain extremely difficult due to COVID-19 “safety” rules from most countries and airlines and because … Continuer la lecture →
Around twenty activists spread blood on the walls of the FRONTEX agency (European Border and Coast Guard Agency). This action is part of a European campaign that aims at putting an end to that agency and its world. Since … Continuer la lecture →
In Nice on 05/06/2021, the feminist action ‘Toutes Aux Frontières‘ denounces the walls built up all around Europe and claims the freedom of movement everywhere, all the time, and a definitive break with the patriarchal and militaristic history of borders. In … Continuer la lecture →
Attempted deportation on a FRONTEX charter flight on 26/05/2021 Nigerian national, he fled his country via Benin to find refuge in Belgium. He tells us that he is a member of a political opposition movement and is wanted by the … Continuer la lecture →
Press Release 18/05/2021 Based on our information, several cases of coronavirus have been detected at the closed centre for foreigners in Vottem. To date, there are 4 persons with the virus among the retained, and 8 among the staff. « Outside … Continuer la lecture →
A traduire en en_uk : Geloten centrum 127 bis AUDIO : “Covid is een persoonlijk probleem” AUDIO LISTEN (FR)HERE MEI 2021 : “COVID is a personal issue” Tanscription “COVID is a personal issue” Ok, I start: a man came, he was … Continuer la lecture →
08/05/2021 HOLSBEEK CLOSED CENTER] Two years after the opening of the filthy centre, 50 activists are demonstrating today in rage against borders and in support of the detainees. #NoBorder #FreedomForAll! Infos ” Le masterplan centres fermés “: Centre fermé pour … Continuer la lecture →
06/05/2021 : The first episode of our podcast “LANCE-PIERRE” (Catapult) is now available on Spotify, SoundCloud, Acast: listen to it, share and spread it all around you, it is a brand new furious sound against closed centres. What is … Continuer la lecture →
Hungerstrike in closed center 127 bis An Eritrean man, imprisoned in the closed centre 127 bis in Steenokkerzeel was tested positive on COVID-19 two weeks ago and was put in quarantine for 14 days. Probably because of a potential deportation to … Continuer la lecture →
Update 04/04/2021 Yesterday afternoon, our contact was transported to the airport for deportation. After he said to the police officers that he was in danger of death if he was deported, he was taken back to 127 bis. However, the … Continuer la lecture →
23/03/2021: A roundup was organised in a camp in Waremme (a hospital municipality!) in collaboration with the local and federal police.Mainstream media : Waremme Réfugiés incivils à Oreye: «Un phénomène assez nouveau» They were all taken to the police station … Continuer la lecture →
21/03/2021: 127 bis – Hunger strikes, self-injuries, screams of despair and anger on the rise They are around 50 in the centre: asylum seekers, undocumented, some arrested on their work place, some suspected of fake marriage (white or grey), a … Continuer la lecture →
12/03/2021 Repression at Merksplas Two blocks of the centre are currently occupied, and the detainees are no longer two, but three per room, still without masks. They tell us that the food is bad and insufficient, that medical care is … Continuer la lecture →
04/03/2021 1 pm The repression is on. This morning 8 people were arrested by the police and 10 others were put in solitary confinement. However, they are determined to continue the strike. Here are their messages. Let’s support them! Audiotestimony … Continuer la lecture →
03/03/2021 Call for support, massive hunger strike! Yesterday evening, a hunger strike started in the closed centre of Merksplas. 11 detainees have refused to show up in the refectory. Since this morning the movement amplifies and a great number of … Continuer la lecture →
Since our last publication about the situation ( here), nothing new for the persons concerned with ‘double penalties’. They are the same ‘double penalties’ who are waiting, but they no longer know what they are waiting for. They are being … Continuer la lecture →
He would rather remain anonymous, and has been in a detention center for 7 months. His daughter could but once visit him. He was keen to testify about his pain of being separated from his family and about the sanitary … Continuer la lecture →
30/01/2020 :Ce midi, au déjeuner, les policiers au contact des sans-papiers du CRA de Vincennes ont tous revêtu des combinaisons intégrales de protection. Depuis ce soir, les sans-papiers n’ont plus accès au réfectoire. Des gamelles sont distribuées dans les chambres. … Continuer la lecture →
17/01/2021 Mr T is in the closed centre and have his belgian wooman and two little children outside. He want to give his testimony : “I find it inconceivable“ Audio testimony here (FR) ————————————————————————————————————————- Transcription of the testimony I … Continuer la lecture →
After numerous infections of the COVID-19 virus among the staff (36!) as well as the people detained in the closed centre of Bruges, we received several phone calls from detainees who were worried about the situation. They have now been … Continuer la lecture →
Update closed detention centre of Bruges: 19/12/2020: They are very scared In the closed centre of Bruges a wing was closed because of too many positive COVID cases. All prisoners were transferred. In the only wing left open , 7 … Continuer la lecture →
https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ THE END OF A DREAM On November 19, 2020, on the A16, a young 20-year-old Sudanese lost his life and all his dreams. He was our compatriot, our brother, our friend. Mohamed died hit by a car while he … Continuer la lecture →
Jasmin Gushani 20/11/2020 His arrest On 30 September 2020, we received a phone call from Jasmin Gushani, detained since 21 August 2020 for several months in the 127bis after being arrested one day when he was not … Continuer la lecture →
22/11/2020 : While we are constantly being told to avoid ‘non-essential’ travels, deportations are ongoing, with their disastrous consequences, leaving families apart and breaking lives. Who is benefiting from all this (apart from a few pathetic politicians keen on flattering … Continuer la lecture →
14/11/2020: At Brussels airport on 10 November 2020, we welcomed five so-called ‘Dublin’ exiles of different nationalities, deported to Belgium through France and Great Britain. The three exiles coming from Great Britain had been arrested by the police in their … Continuer la lecture →
10/11/2020 New works in front of the closed center 127bis. Continued development of prison-industrial complex in Belgium A few days ago, about thirty people gathered in front of the closed centers Caricole and 127bis in Seenokkerzeel to show their support … Continuer la lecture →
07/11/2020: Since the outbreak of Covid-19, there haven’t been many new people detained in the centres. Many ‘surprise’ releases randomly took place , without being automatically motivated by court decisions. Detainees complain a lot about the non-respect of health prevention measures … Continuer la lecture →
04/11/2020 PLEASE HELP US! 10 detainees started a hunger strike at the Merksplas closed centre block 4 on 1 November 2020. Some have been placed in confinement cells, a young man was brought to the hospital. They are claiming their … Continuer la lecture →
Depuis le début de la crise de la Covid 19, le trafic aérien est extrêmement limité, beaucoup de frontières sont fermées mais des personnes continuent d’être enfermées dans les centres de rétention administrative (CRA). Mercredi 28 octobre, le gouvernement annonce … Continuer la lecture →
” The Belgian State has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for its inhuman migratory policy. “ In 2017, several Sudanese were retained in our closed centres and several were illegally deported to their “country of origin”. … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 21/10/2020 21H30: départ 22/1O Stansted airport 8.45 am, arrived Brussels airport 9.45 am: Great Britain sent back migrants by charter to their country “Dublin” in Europe.It is still in the process of doing so.Several charters have already been organized … Continuer la lecture →
A traduire en en_uk : Border Securitisation in the Channel / La sécurisation de la frontière dans la Manche (ENGL, Fr) yerman, T., and van Isacker, T. (2020). Border Securitisation in the Channel. Available at: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2020/10/border T he following is a translation … Continuer la lecture →
Despite the limited occupation in closed centres, tensions are high: fight among retainees, repression and racism by the staff, police intervention, confinement, transfers, suffering, rebellion, etc. Most of the retainees are ‘double penalties’ but besides, asylum seekers are arrested in … Continuer la lecture →
General situation: Ongoing repression and sufferings. Countless confinements, suicide attempts and transfers in all the centres. Also a lot of extremely rapid deportations to countries of Eastern Europe. Mainly Moroccans and Algerians currently in closed centres for several months, … Continuer la lecture →
🏼 WE RISE UP! 🏿 In Greece, it took the fire in the refugee camp at Moria, for Europe to finally pay attention to these shameful camps. However, 12,000 people are still in an administrative limbo, homeless and without … Continuer la lecture →
https://bxl.indymedia.org/spip.php?article28120 It was on 22 September 1998. Semira Adamu, a young girl of 20 years old, was murdered by the 9 policemen who wanted to deport her. She had already resisted 5 deportation attempts hence this time they were determined, … Continuer la lecture →
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY FOR THE RESPECT OF THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF PEOPLE IN EXILE Source and infos: https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/09/06/appel-a-manifestation-le-26-septembre-a-calais-call-out-26-september-demonstration-in-calais/ The Opale Coast : its beaches, its dragon, its squares, its carnival and … … and the determination of the State … Continuer la lecture →
30/08/2020 Dossier on the new wave of charter flights to France, Germany and Spain deporting people who have crossed the channel in small boats. The next flight is planned for 3 September. Compiled by Calais Migrant Solidarity, Corporate Watch and … Continuer la lecture →
The broadcast – as sudden as it was unexpected – of the shocking images of the acts of violence, even torture, inflicted by the police on Jozef Chovanec in February 2018 at Charleroi airport remind us of the murders of … Continuer la lecture →
Many migrants wishing to settle in Great Britain have arrived safely in recent weeks (several hundred per week). Many of the camps in the Pas de Calais area have been dismantled, which has pushed migrants to cross the Channel with … Continuer la lecture →
After having spent almost 7 months in the Caricole closed centre, Michelle was to be deported this 30 July 2020. https://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/they-killed-a-woman-not-her-struggle/ She receveid a ticket for a flight at 2.55 p.m to Cameroon, here native country. To be able to … Continuer la lecture →
29/07/2020 : Less than 200 people are kept in Detention Centres for Migrants, which have places for up to 600; the Detention Centres are applying the Covid measurest. They have been kept in these Centres for several months, some … Continuer la lecture →
27/07/2020 A new campaign has been launched in Germany to push Lufhtansa to stop all deportations ! “The alliance calls on Lufthansa to take a clear position against racism and to stop transporting people against their will. More than 20 … Continuer la lecture →
26/07/2020 Here we are. Deconfinement is ongoing, the deportation machine restarted: inside the closed centres, plane tickets are falling. Anxiety and panic got hold of the retainees. Michelle has been retained for 7 months now. Seven months of fear, tension … Continuer la lecture →
We hear through a text message that it is “complete mayhem” at the 127bis and that “journalists should be warned”: Following the solitary confinement of one of them because he was claiming certain rights, a solidarity … Continuer la lecture →
20/06/2020 A great part of the retainees in closed centres are actually former prisonners to whom documents were withdrawn following a condemnation for infringement to public policy or for a minor offence (speeding, unpaid fines, etc.). They are picked up … Continuer la lecture →
Retainees in the 127 bis closed centre in Steenokkerzeel call us and ask us to spread their message.“We are treated like animals. The staff is constantly bothering us. No respect, no hello, no please, no goodbye.All our deeds and actions are … Continuer la lecture →
from Coasts in Solidarity No one is illegal, never! – Open your borders, open your eyes! Call for actions on 20 June 2020 – World Refugee Day – Join locally! more infos : https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ Corona prevents us from meeting – … Continuer la lecture →
Deconfinement ALERT According to recent news, the European borders will open again on 15 June 2020. Flights will resume as of that date. Some retainees already got the information that the centres will be filled again. Raids and arrests will … Continuer la lecture →
This site is dedicated to hear testimonies by people retained, ill-treated and deported each year from closed centres in Belgium and make fights against borders and closed centres visible – especially these people who are within these arbitrary retention places … Continuer la lecture →
08/05/2020 Right in the middle of a world sanitary crisis, Belgium tried to cross a new boundary in its migratory policy. The first ‘push back’ ever recorded on the Belgian territory should have taken place Friday 8 May a.m. E. … Continuer la lecture →
27/04/2020 SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. THIS CENTRE MUST BE SHUT DOWN. Testimony « There are 120 places in the closed centre. Most of the prisoners have been released. Many had a legal record. We are still 15. And there are … Continuer la lecture →
23 April 2020 MERKSPLAS Since the publication by RTBF on 9 April 2020 of the article « Nourriture avariée, cachot pour les malades, distanciation pas respectée : le quotidien dans un centre fermé au temps du coronavirus » (Rotten food, … Continuer la lecture →
Video action and repression Photos of the action This Monday, April 20 at 11 a.m., a group of undocumented people, the forgotten ones of this period of COVID-19 crisis, carried out a sharp- action fought in front of the Tower … Continuer la lecture →
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18/04/2020 We regularly receive increasingly desperate calls or messages from people still being retained in the closed centre in Vottem (CIV). « We are the forgotten of the Kingdom of Belgium, help me”. They still are approx. 30 who ignore … Continuer la lecture →
Audiotestimony from closed centre in Bruges “Our fate is between your hands” 08/04/2019 Listen here (Fr) “I am in the Bruges detention center since March 30th 2020. Since I have arrived here, I can’t buy shampoo, … Continuer la lecture →
For the past weeks, the whole Belgian society is being reorganised so as to follow the sanitary measures decided by the government. The whole Belgian society, well.. almost. In closed centres, prisons, psychiatric hospitals and for homeless people, the measures … Continuer la lecture →
30/03/2020 At the time when, to confront the Coronavirus, several retention cetres are emptied in France, others are burning in Italy, the closed centres of Belgium are still quite full. Full of retainees who have no or very few information. … Continuer la lecture →
23/03/2020 The Foreigners Office refuse asylum requests but continue to deport. On 16 March 2020, the day before the confinement, two Guineans were deported to Conakry. An Ethiopian had to go through a thrid deportation attempt on 19 March 2020. … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a retainee in Vottem ( FR ): here 18/03/2020 In the shadow of the Coronavirus mediatisation, the people retained in closed centres rebel against the racist administration that imprisons them, and abandons them in this … Continuer la lecture →
16/03/2020In these times of true risk, acknowledged by the WHO, of propagation of COVID-19, it is urgent to immediately close down all the retention centres, hotspots and open-air prisons, etc. Seen the living conditions in prisons and closed centres for foreigners, … Continuer la lecture →
When retained in a closed centre, it is important to very rapidly address a lawyer (without blindly accepting one suggested by the centre). Indeed, during their retention, some get an Order to Leave the Territory against which lawyers … Continuer la lecture →
Update 11/03/2020: They stopped their action this afternoon: The direction told them they were going to take care of their problems; We’re waiting for their release? On 8 March 2020, at a time of mobilisation for women’s rights, activists visited … Continuer la lecture →
Hello all. Seeing weather conditions crossings have not been many in the past month or so. Yet, this also means more people waiting for crossing this way adding up and potentially bigger wave of crossings in a week or two, … Continuer la lecture →
Hello all, The sailing vessel “Lovis” will pass the Belgian coast in June 2020. Her journey along the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts brings the campaign “Coasts in Solidarity” with her. With this e-mail we would like to invite … Continuer la lecture →
“Fuck them and their law” : Libérons Anton, Vrijheid voor Anton: Nl Engl, Fr Source: https://bxl.indymedia.org/spip.php?article26693 “Fuck them and their law” : Libérons Anton, Vrijheid voor Anton posté le 09/02/20 mercredi 12 février 2020 12:00 lieu : Ambassade des Pays Bas adresse : … Continuer la lecture →
28/01/2020 It is more and more frequent that social assistants, spokespersons of the Foreigners Office in closed centres (the Office call them ‘return assistants’) advise to opt for a ‘voluntary return’, sometimes under the threat of a ‘forced return with … Continuer la lecture →
Communiqué du 22 janvier 2020 des prisonniers de Oissel en lutte The prison for foreigners in Oissel (near Rouen) is known for its violent and racist practices, its administration suppressing all resistance movements. In this prison, solitary confinement is regularly … Continuer la lecture →
20/01./2020 We learnt that Guineans were taken away from the Vottem closed centre and transferred to the isolation cell of the 127bis centre. They were promised a forced military flight in the evening. Then we heard that they would be … Continuer la lecture →
List of the known exiles who passed through Belgium and were killed by borders since July 2017 TRIBUTE TO: 2017 : -Omar, 18, Sudanese, died under a bus in Brussels on 23 July 2017 -Dejen, 16, Ethiopian, died in … Continuer la lecture →
19/12/2019 Hostels are calling for a gathering at closed center 127 bis, against the imprisonment and repeated attempts to expel their “friends” and in solidarity with all the prisoners. Any initiative of refusal in front of the closed centres is … Continuer la lecture →
Resitance against a deprtation to Somalie 02/12/2019 Geplaatst door Nathalie Mercenier op Maandag 2 december 2019 Aktion against closed centre for women in Holsbeek 02/12/2019 https://zintv.org/Holsbeek-prison-pour-innocentes Steenokkerzeel/127bis 20/06/2018 agaginst detention families If you have ideas … Continuer la lecture →
13/12/2019 Calls for help and acts of despair in closed centres are countless Resistance to deportations A lot of migrants are deported to their Dublin country, before coming back or resuming their migratory route. Others doomed to be sent back … Continuer la lecture →
05/12/2019 Appalling stories are ongoing (voir http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org). Today we learnt that the authorities of the Foreigners Office want to deport Mr. A at all costs. Mr. A is from Somalia. He already went through inhuman and degrading treatments from police … Continuer la lecture →
Update 26/02/2020 Mr. A was released from the centre and left Belgium to try his luck elsewhere, after several attempts at violent evictions and a hard struggle in the centre against these evictions. He was released after a long and … Continuer la lecture →
Criminal deportations ongoing 15 November 2019 As far as we know, several exiles are being threatened with new deportation attempts with an escort. Besides the two exiles whom we know have been the subject of violence and were mentioned in … Continuer la lecture →
STOP CLOSED CENTERS STOP DEPORTATIONS https://zintv.org/Holsbeek-prison-pour-innocentes On Sunday, November 24, 2019, the national day of mobilization against violence against women, women activists gather in front of the Holsbeek detention centre to support detained women. At the intersection of several struggles, … Continuer la lecture →
On Sunday, November 24, 2019, the national day of mobilization against violence against women, women activists gather in front of the Holsbeek detention centre to support detained women. At the intersection of several struggles, this “surprise” rally denounces violence against … Continuer la lecture →
October 25 2019 ALL THAT’S MISSING IS THE CUSHION ! NO MORE STATE MURDERS! Different sources told us about brutal and inhuman treatment inflicted on at least two women by airport police during attempted deportations. We visited the Holsbeek … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony after a deportation attempt of a women: http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/2nd-deportation-attempt-with-police-escort-this-monday-21102019-on-sn-airlines/ audio here (engl) I was tortured yesterday by the Belgian police on a SN Brussels (Airlines) plane at 11. They kept my head on the seat. It was 4 policemen with … Continuer la lecture →
List of the known exiles who passed through Belgium and were killed by borders since July 2017 TRIBUTE TO: 2017 : -Omar, 18, Sudanese, died under a bus in Brussels on 23 July 2017 -Dejen, 16, Ethiopian, died in … Continuer la lecture →
Update 22/10/2019: She was tied up, hit, and the captain was alerted by a passenger who gave the order to get her out of the plane. She came back to the centre, bruised and revolted. Thank you to all those … Continuer la lecture →
Let’s continue to broadcast and sign the petition addressed to the embassy. Something is going on! Pétition here They had reserved seats for an Ethiopian and his escort on the flight Ethiopian Airlines 19:25 this Monday 14/10/2019 for a deportation … Continuer la lecture →
02/10/2019: He has been in Belgium for several years, he served a sentence of 6 years in different prisons. At the end of these 6 years he was transferred to a closed centre in view of his deportation to his … Continuer la lecture →
Belgium deports to Ethiopia. Let’s prevent the returns to death, misery : sign the petition. PETITION HERE in Fr, Nl Let’s rapidly send a maximum of messages to the addresses below in order to help them. #passagerduvoleth729 #eth729 Monsieur Grum … Continuer la lecture →
For several weeks, the referents of the Citizens’ Platform and Gettingthevoiceout have received far less notifications of imprisonment. However, we still hear about regular raids in ports, cities and train stations. The situation in the centres: Very few retainees still … Continuer la lecture →
We were several to react about the publication of the RTBF which, without journalistic analysing nor scruple, made a propagandist portrait of Frontex, our European army which protects “our” borders against migrations! as such Frontex kills, locks up, deports. (see … Continuer la lecture →
20/09/2018 Mr. T is in the closed center of Vottem for 7 months. He made several asylum requests that were rejected. He continues to shout that he does not want neither can return to Ethiopia. Here a first audio: … Continuer la lecture →
18/09/2019: Whilst thousands of exiles are struggling to resist Fortress Europe and are being parked in camps, hotspots, ‘open’ or closed centres with the obvious aim to send them back to their country, whilst others are dying or are being … Continuer la lecture →
ATTENTION, CAREFUL!!!! Major raffle operation this 09/09/2019 in West Vlaanderen! From a trustworthy source we learn that a raffle operation with drone, dogs, cavalry, and all the holy tremor, is being organized for this coming 09/09/2019 in the province West … Continuer la lecture →
07/09/2019 Engl, nl, oromo below AU SECOURS -Beaucoup d’arrestations ces jours lors de rafles -Gros arrivage au centre fermé 127 bis -Des assistants sociaux qui mettent la pression pour que les nouveaux arrivés ne préviennent pas et ne prennent pas … Continuer la lecture →
Update 27/08/2019: He again resisted and was brought back and put in isolation in the secure wing of the closed center of Vottem. It is still his co-detainees in Bruges who informed us and the information has been confirmed. We … Continuer la lecture →
Repeated deportations ! S arrives in Italy and is sent to Switzerland as part of the European resettlement plan. His asylum application in Switzerland has been rejected. He continues his way to Belgium. On his way to inquire about a … Continuer la lecture →
To all of you who assist migrants or undocumented people: Remind them that the risks of confinement exist, that the closed center is a step in a process towards deportation. http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/detention-centres/what-are-closed-centres/ There are procedures that allow for release but they … Continuer la lecture →
ALERT: A Frontex deportation flight from Frankfurt to Lagos ( Nigeria) on 19/08/2019 Nigerians from other European countries can be brought to Franfurt to place them on this flight; Inform your Nigerian friends! Frontex : « Unknown to most Europeans a … Continuer la lecture →
03/08/2019: Many migrants from Ethiopia and Erithrea, trapped in our detention centers, are threatened with deportation to Ethiopia; T is one of them T has been in a detention center since February 2019. He made 3 asylum requests from the … Continuer la lecture →
[ACTION] Starting tonight, help us denounce racist and killing deportations organised by Brussels Airlines. Share #BrusselsAirlinesStopDeportations messages on the company’s social networks! Action: https://brusselsstopdeportations.net/fr/agir/ #BrusselsAirlinesStopDeportations #BrusselsAirlines #NoBorder [ACTION] À partir de ce soir, dénoncez les expulsions racistes et meurtrières … Continuer la lecture →
Update 21/07/2019: A has returned on 19/07/2019 and is currently isolated (cachot) in the closed centre 127 bis. He was mistreated by his escort and the passengers in Istambul of the Turkish Airlines flight to Djibouti have resisted his deportation. … Continuer la lecture →
Update 28/07 2019:”They want to break me and my family in pieces”, “My children will suffer the consequences”. M. is at his wit’s end, certain that the Immigration Office is persecuting him while his 2 children and his young partner … Continuer la lecture →
Death at the border of an exile based in Belgium- 8 July 2019 They were eight people, 4 women and 4 men, of Erythrean origin, in a truck driving through Bruges to go to Rotterdam this Saturday 6 July 2019. … Continuer la lecture →
03/07/2019 CHILDREN ARE NOT TO BE LOCKED THAT’S ALL. REALLY??? For several weeks, young people, sometimes very young, are being arrested on their migratory road in Belgium and retained in closed centres. ‘He has no hair on his chin, Madam’, … Continuer la lecture →
Bruges closed centre: 14 people placed in confinement cells on 14 June 2019 Last Friday, 14 June 2019, around 11 p.m., a wind of disobedience led a group of retained to organise a small but heroic riot in the wings … Continuer la lecture →
In exile: An overview and news 28/05/2019 It has been one year since we have been collecting the phone calls from hosts about the arrest and imprisonment of their/our guests in closed centres. An annual overview: (partial) numbers based on … Continuer la lecture →
10/05/2019: Many arrests this week: Willebroek, Zeebrugge, Tournai, Kortrijk, Gare du Nord in Brussels … Some are released after identification and issuance of an « order to leave the territory » (OQT), others are maintained in closed centers. The undisclosed … Continuer la lecture →
https://brusselsstopdeportations.net/en/ As an operator of forced expulsions of migrants, Brussels Airlines collaborates with migration policies that violate the fundamental rights of the affected people, without any law requiring it to do so. Deported persons are sent back to countries … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony from the Caricole closed centre: about the abomination of closed centres 03/05/2019 audio here(FR°) I’m in Belgium since 18 April 2019, I came here with a short-term visa, 20 days, which was deliverd to me by the Belgian embassy. … Continuer la lecture →
No Border weekend 25 & 26 May 2019 What is the No Border movement? How do we plan the fight against borders and in favour of the freedom of movement? On Saturday 25 May we organise meetings, exchanges and debates … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE: flight via CASABLANCA and Abidjan , thirsday 2 May 6.30 pm : AT833 et SN 4055 Royal Air Maroc et Brussels Airlines) ——————————————————————————————————————————– Deportation to Ivory Coast on 02/05/2019: Mobilisation! Mr O.C, from the Ivory Coast, is currently being … Continuer la lecture →
Mr S, Tamil from Sri Lanka, came to Belgium to request asylum. He was arrested at the airport several months ago. His asylum request was refused and he’ll be subject to a third deportation attempt to Ghana (!) this 25th … Continuer la lecture →
Update 10/04/2019: The deportation of Reda planned this Tuesday 9 April has been postponed! But we keep fighting! Reda Dhawelbeit, a Darfouri Sudanese, is still under threat from being sent back to Karthoum where he will most probably be arrested … Continuer la lecture →
Update 10 April 2019: Hicham was deported despite the presence of people at the airport to warn the passengers. In Madrid, since he refused to introduce an asylum request in Spain, he got an Order to leave the territory within … Continuer la lecture →
Status of the badly named ‘transmigrants’ in closed centres [05/04/2019] We were again informed that several social assistants in closed centres use their influence to dissuade retainees to sign the handling by lawyers, promising them a rapid release if they … Continuer la lecture →
Stop the third attempt to deport a Sri Lankan! Mr. P. is a young man who just turned 26 two weeks ago. He is from Sri Lanka, a country he doesn’t want to go to anymore. “In Sri Lanka, my … Continuer la lecture →
Grouped deportation flight to Guinea, DRC and Senegal this Tuesday 26 March 2019 Several people retained in the different closed centres are warning us that they will be put on a ‘special flight’ to be deported to their countries of … Continuer la lecture →
21/03/2019 Call from the CRACPE in Vottem: Mr B, from Congo Brazza has been retained in the closed centre of Vottem for several months. He will be subject to a second deportation attempt this Friday 22 March. Mr had been … Continuer la lecture →
15/03/2019: Since the end of January, Palestinian asylum-seekers and residents in open centre have been arrested in the Foreigners office (during an appointment) and they are bein retained in a closed centre in view of their deportation. The received the … Continuer la lecture →
Two Testimonies by deported people: February 2019: B., sent to Caricole, directly from the airport in October 2018, stayed 3 months in the centre. He tells us about the inaction of the social services, “the people” here, they stay 4, … Continuer la lecture →
06/03/2019: Call from the Voix des Sans-Papiers (VSP) in Brussels: One of our friends, Diallo Ahmad Bilo, was arrested on 25 December close to the North Station and transferred to Vottem. Since 11 February he had stomach pains and asked … Continuer la lecture →
Saturday 9 march 2019 14:00 Ambassady of Soudan 134 avenue Franklin Roosevelt 1050 Brussels [plus d’infos sur FB] Manifestation de solidarité aux Soudanais(es) détenu(e)s en centres fermés et de soutien aux manifestations au Soudan contre le régime en place … Continuer la lecture →
February 2019: “Good evening Sir, We are calling you from the Coquelles centre in Calais. We are being retained here in Coquelles. An Erythrean committed suicide, we ignore if he is dead or not. It is the third time … Continuer la lecture →
Second deportation attempt to Ghana on Mrs T, this Freiday 15 February 2019 Flight SN277 Zaventem 15/02/2019 11:10 to Accra 15/02/2019 16:55 Mrs T. has been retained in the Bruges closed centre since 30 December 2018. She wanted to catch … Continuer la lecture →
07/02/2019:’I was waiting to see a doctor. The latter and two nurses were busy examining a Sudanese man for a strong pain in one arm (probably broken). The man in pain was with another Sudanese who was translating from Arabic … Continuer la lecture →
Sleeping in closed centre Testimony shared by a visitor – About the situation in Bruges, they told me the following : The hunger strike started on 5 February 2019. It is a general one, not only followed by the Sudanese. … Continuer la lecture →
03/02/2019 Currently, we very (too) often get messages from hosts who warn us that their guests in closed cenres are not doing well: they are exhausted, depressed, desperate, ill, they do not feed themselves anymore etc. Some complain about the … Continuer la lecture →
17/01/2019: Procedure to follow to compile the information needed by the lawyer. A lot of arrests have taken place the last 2 weeks. Much too often, hosts ring a lawyer after their guest has been arrested without knowing all the … Continuer la lecture →
Between 4 and 11 January 2019 (8 days), at least 100 migrants were arrested in Zeebruges, Antwerp, on parking places or in trucks, on trains (even though they had train tickets), mainly on the way to the coast. Fifty of … Continuer la lecture →
17/12/2018: The merry-go-round of retentions/releases of the exiles caught in train stations and parkings all over the country goes on. In November only, 73 arrests have been reported by hosts. Sixty were released in the following days, generally thanks to … Continuer la lecture →
Today the #Stansted15 were found guilty in Chelmsford Crown Court. In a statement they said: “We are guilty of nothing more than intervening to prevent harm. The real crime is the government’s cowardly, inhumane and barely legal deportation flights and … Continuer la lecture →
Novembre 2018: Activists denounced the abject practices of the Foreigners’ Office and expressed their support for all migrants. “The Foreigners’ Office has the power to arbitrarily decide on the detention, release or deportation of migrant persons”. Let’s stop the eviction … Continuer la lecture →
Picture of a retainee once released and remark by his host: “They released him giving him the direction of the train station, without documents’. He arrived like this, with two numbers around his wrist (one from the police, the other … Continuer la lecture →
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Update 27/11/2018: M was deported. We don’t have news from him. Two of the persons present at the airport were arrested by the police as soon as they arrived and kept at the police station for an hour, while the … Continuer la lecture →
Friday 2 November 2018. H calls me … He has been retained in Vottem since 23 August « I am not well…; they gave me another room, I am with another man; we are only allowed one hour outside, we … Continuer la lecture →
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One may witness a real harassment of the exiles who are arrested in public spaces, transports, stations, and parkings. They are driven to the police station or the identification centre in Steenokkerzeel, most of them are retained for a few … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs K, Rwandese, retained in the Caricole closed centre for more than 3 months, is in great danger in her country because she is accused of complicity in the conflict between Rwanda and Burundi. Why? Because her comapnion, the father … Continuer la lecture →
Deported with escort to Ethiopia as of the first attempt on 23 October 2018 M., Ethiopian, was arrested on 23 April 2018 and retained in Merksplas closed centre. He had introduced an asylum request but it was refused. After having … Continuer la lecture →
On the 21th of October 2018, about twenty people staged a die-in in front of the building of the Australian Embassy in Brussels. This action targeted the airline Qantas that participates and benefts from the expulsions of migrants in Australia. … Continuer la lecture →
A reminder to hosts and visitors of the closed centre: When peopole who are undocumented or in exile disappear or are arrested during one of several raids, it takes 24 to 48 hours to know whether the Immigration office has … Continuer la lecture →
Update 10/10/2018 Mr Gebre Mariam, who committed suicide at the Vottem closed centre on 9 October 2018 had obtained asylum in Bulgaria. He had been threatened with an axe there and absolutely didn’t want to go back to that country. … Continuer la lecture →
05/10/2018 Following the decision that Francken would deal with ‘serious transmigration phenomena’, a lot of people retained in centres for sometimes a year have been released to leave space to new people arrested. Those releases were followed by raids in … Continuer la lecture →
Update 28/09/2018: The court annulate the deportation and she is free! ————————————————————————————————————— H., Rwandan, will be deported for the third time this Saturday 29/09. She is waiting for decisions by three different courts but the Foreigners Office absolutely want to … Continuer la lecture →
Update 27/09/2018 / WORTH READING IF ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS HAS BEEN ARRESTED Arrests have been happening at a fast pace lately. They are being arrested by dozens, night and day. We count a lot of releases too. It is … Continuer la lecture →
Update 23/09/2018: Mr S was deported with escort on 22 September 2018. He was arrested in Morocco for illegal migration. He is in jail. We dare not imagine how he was deported and how are his imprisonment conditions in Morocco! … Continuer la lecture →
[EN] In May 2018, we were hundreds of people gathered in front of two detention centres near Brussels airport during the Steenrock festival. We all raised our hands in solidarity with the Stansted defendants. It’s time to show our solidarity … Continuer la lecture →
Because Europe kills every day. Because seas, mountains and deserts became mass graves right in front of us. Because safety, militarisation of the borders and confinement are the only answers states give to women, men and children who are trying … Continuer la lecture →
Repression, arrests, mistreatments, racketeering, deportations: these are part of the current messages on FB and elsewhere Forgetting the dead. Migrants’ hunting, be it by the police forces or by smugglers, the desperate acts of migrants to flee this repression and … Continuer la lecture →
No women, men or children in closed centres: testimonies and gathering 04/09/201: A mother and her 5 children, arrested the day of the start of school have just been placed in retetntion while another family with 4 children has already … Continuer la lecture →
Tortures at the 127bis closed centre On 23/08/2018 H had an argument with a guardian concerning the food they get at the 127bis closed centre. He was placed in confinement. The day after, several guardians came to his cell. He … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 02/09: Phone reporting by Elsa from Rome : Her deportation: – She was searched and then tied (hands to the body) – Escort of 7 policemen – She was on the plane well before the passengers, they placed her … Continuer la lecture →
18/08/2018 Since its opening, the Caricole includes several rooms called “family rooms” what others call cells. These rooms have a slightly separate space for sleeping children. Those rooms are separated from the rest of the spaces by locked doors and … Continuer la lecture →
Update 18/08/2018:On Sunday Aug 12, 2018 at 10 am, Mr. A was locked up before undergoing a fourth –and this time effective – attempt at expulsion to Algiers on a TUI flight from Charleroi. This was carried out by the … Continuer la lecture →
Over the past few days, we have received accounts of arrests or of calls for help, Please keep on sending your testimonies on gettingthevoiceout@riseup.net We won’t be able to say that we didn’t know! 6 minors in danger in Antwerp … Continuer la lecture →
For 10 who go to Great Britain, for 10 who get arrested and retained by the Foreigners Office, 20 others arrive to the North Station. They are communicating vessels! It is the law of supply and demand in this capitalist … Continuer la lecture →
25/06/2018 : « On Thursday, in the yellow wing, 4 Albanians broke the tiles to escape. It made a lot of noise and we all rushed to see, we were quite excited, a dozen of Arabs. One Albanian managed to … Continuer la lecture →
———————————————————————————————————————————– 27/06/2018: Information for the hosts/friends/families in case a migrant friend is missing. Many foreigners in irregular situation are controlled/arrested on public transport, on parking lots, at train stations or at their homes. They are brought to a police station … Continuer la lecture →
On 20 June 2018, during the whole day, militants blocked the building site of the family units next to the 127bis. In the centre, the retainees expressed their support in favour of this movement in different ways. Some refused to … Continuer la lecture →
21/06/2018 Further escape attempts (to be confirmed); Four other detainees attempted to escape to the Vottem detention centre at 10 a.m. on 21 June. Three have been caught, one of them is still running. ——————————————————————————– H had been retained at … Continuer la lecture →
We had received distress messages from prisoners in closed centres and more particularly from 127bis in Steenokkerzeel. http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/ramadan-in-closed-centres-hunger-strike/ Following repression, detention and threats from the management for those who tried to have contacts with the outside, with the media, the … Continuer la lecture →
In heavy pain, on hunger strike, epileptic and DEPORTED Mimoun had been in Belgium for 3 years. He got a surgical operation due to a several cerebral pathology in 2017. He had to learn how to eat and walk again. … Continuer la lecture →
The Office is filling hundreds of places in our camps called closed centres; places that had been made available on the occasion of the raids announced at the North Station and in Parc Maximilien. After the mobilisation of the platform … Continuer la lecture →
The administrative detention of migrants (foreigners without residence permits considered as valid) entered into force in 1988 in Belgium. Since then, the multiplication of this type of space is more than obvious at the border because in 1988 there were … Continuer la lecture →
Update 23/05 Since 11 May 2018, retainees have been on hunger strike at the 127bis closed centre. Muslims gathered in one wing for the Ramadan. Two external associations had offered to deliver food during the Ramandan that started on 16 … Continuer la lecture →
127 bis 11/05/2018 30 retainees go on hunger strike at the 127bis closed centre. External associations had proposed to deliver food during the Ramandan period that starts on 16/05/2018. They learnt this morning that it would be forbidden by the … Continuer la lecture →
Since the end of December 2017, the hosts of the citizens’ platform regularly call Gettinthevoiceout and Stopdeportations to warn them of the disparition of one of their guest(s). Most are declared Sudanese, Eritreans or Ethiopians. Since 27/12/2017 and until 09/05/2018, … Continuer la lecture →
Before the Steenrock Festival on 5 May : Repression and Resistance at the Caricole and at the 127 bis closed centres! Retainees are warning us! 29/04 : An Iraqi-Kurdish man retained in the 127 bis closed centre started a … Continuer la lecture →
Workshop: How to put an end to deportations? facilitated by End deportations & Lesbians and gays support the migrants https://enddeportations.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lgsmigrants/?fref=mentions Friday 4 May, 6.30 – 9 p.m – Maison de la Paix (Rue Van Elewyck 35, Ixelles) Welcome at … Continuer la lecture →
After a new suprise demonstration in front of the 127bis closed centre this Sunday 22nd April 2018 with a phone number, we have had a dozen of conacts with retainees at the centre. They describe disastrous situations to us: mistreatments, … Continuer la lecture →
It has now been 25 days that an Albanian man retained in the closed centre for foreigners in Vottem has started a hunger strike, and for 3 days a thirst strike. We fear for his life. According to our information, … Continuer la lecture →
Update 18/04/2018 No news from the two persons deported to Sudan on 17th of April 2018. Several activists were at the airport to talk to the passengers. A group was very quickly stopped by the police, had their identities checked … Continuer la lecture →
Update 16/04: Prosper disappeared. The Cracpe have not heard from him 5 days after his deportation; which is extremely worrying. Pappy introduced a third asylum request with new elements. His deportation was cancelled. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Another man called PAPPY, retained for … Continuer la lecture →
Audiotestimony from a closed centre /February 2018 listen here (Fr) Hello to all, I am here, admitted to the centre Vottem. I was arrested in Brussels because I did not have any papers. I am not a delinquent, I am … Continuer la lecture →
On 21st of March, a 22 year old man died at the port of Zeebrugge as he tried to reach the UK. He was stuck between 2 containers and died instantly. This is the fifth known death since July 2017 … Continuer la lecture →
Last year, 15 people grounded a deportation charter flight for ten hours to prevent it taking off. On MONDAY 19TH March 2018, they are standing trial, charged with a terrorism-related offence that could result in life imprisonment ! Secret deportation … Continuer la lecture →
For a few weeks, raids on parkings and in stations all around Belgium are ongoing again. Several hosts contact us to warn us of the arrest, often violent, and/of the retention in closed centres of one of their guests. Very … Continuer la lecture →
28/02/2018: At the time of big demonstrations by the citizens’ platform in favour of a ‘more human policy’, we received less calls from hosts announcing retentions of exiled people in transit. However, they continue to arrest people: Albanians, Erythreans, Turks, … Continuer la lecture →
New visit by a Sudanese delegation in the closed centres! Urgent 26/02/2018 : Call by a Sudanese man retained in Merksplas closed centre to a host. “The social assistant warned me that ‘a meeting will take place on 27 February … Continuer la lecture →
We stand in solidarity with the 120 women on hunger strike in Yarls Wood detention centre. Ici leur revendications: 1. Shorter bail request periods Legally it should 3-5 days, however it can take anywhere up to 21 days, or even … Continuer la lecture →
Update 22/02/2018 When he got to the airport, A was notified that his third asylum request would be dealt with by CGRA and that his deportation was cancelled. ————————————————————————————————————————————- Spend my life in prison in Algeria or die in … Continuer la lecture →
Update 10/02/2012 : Arrests are ongoing and lately the favorite targets of the Foreigners Office are minors and women. According to several testimonies by hosts who look for their guests in the centres, the information is not given anymore by … Continuer la lecture →
On Friday 26th January at 10 p.m. : the alert is given in the 127bis because of smoke due, according to the media, to a short-circuit in an electric cabin :https://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/detail_evacuation-du-centre-127-bis-a-la-suite-d-un-court-circuit?id=9823196 http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180127_03324488 All the retainees were displaced in the courtyard. … Continuer la lecture →
Bars on a logo : this is what a group of citizens depicts in a video in order to denounce the building of family units in the 127bis. Objective? Denounce the involvement of the construction company Lareco Bornem NV in … Continuer la lecture →
24/01/2018 : Lots of raids have taken place in parkings and train stations in the whole country over the last weeks. Some migrants are released with an order to leave the territory, others (among whom a lot of minors) are … Continuer la lecture →
23/01/2018: Two weeks ago, we denounced the violence Saha, a young Bangladeshi who has been living in Belgium for 10 years, had to go through during a deportation attempt that was interrupted by the pilot of the plane: http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/mangled-by-the-escort-during-their-deportation-attempt-on-him-s-is-asking-who-are-the-criminals/ He … Continuer la lecture →
14/01/2018: It seems that the federal police have launched a migrants’ hunting in the whole country, determined to ‘clean’ all the country: arrests in the stations, parkings and trains the last days. Many hosts are calling us to report missing … Continuer la lecture →
10/01/2017: S. has been living in Belgium for ten years. He tried to get regularised since his arrival, in vain, although he worked and respected the laws. He never stole anything, not even to eat. Some of you may have … Continuer la lecture →
The fast intervention team of the Office des étrangers at work On the 25th of December 2017 around noon : a host brings back two migrants to Brussels. The federal police holds an alcohol control on the highway E40 at … Continuer la lecture →
22/12/2017 “Does the Schengen Area still exist?” The persons detained in the Merkplas detention centre are very angry. A man was recently brought to the detention centre even if he had a valid residence permit in France. It is definitely … Continuer la lecture →
Audio: ‘The human being was not made to be imprisoned, never’ Audio from 127bis 15/12/2017 “listen here (Fr)” Translation: Currently I am in the 127bis closed centre. Before that I was living in Verviers. I lived there for four years. … Continuer la lecture →
Update 5 december (Nl): De mensen opgesloten in her centrum 127bis waren van plan mee te betogen vanuit het centrum. Maar hun dagelijkse wandeling tussen 15 uur en 17 uur werd door de direktie afgelast. Zij zijn solidair en zullen … Continuer la lecture →
Collective deportation to Guinea and DRC on 2017/11/28 Several guineas detained in the Vottem and 127bis closed centres have received a ticket for a collective flight this coming Tuesday 2017/11/28. The flight would leave at 10:30. The social assistants have … Continuer la lecture →
There are Sudanese who suffer here During the demonstration for the regularisation on October 12th, retainees of a closed centre wanted to participate live through their phones. Unfortunately it was not feasible for technical reasons. Audio here (Fr) “There are … Continuer la lecture →
14/11/2017 It is a prison here, Madam. Before the great manifestation for regularisation of all on November 12 2017 some detained persons had volunteered to participate through telephone. Sadly, it was not possible because of technical difficulties. Here are their … Continuer la lecture →
14/11/2017: The hunt for migrants in transit goes on in all the country. Every day we get alerts by hosts who lost their guests, their main worry being that they get arrested, retained and expatriated. Controls and arrests continue but … Continuer la lecture →
Update 06/10/2017: Mikele is FREE: Thanks to all ————————————————————————————————————— O5/10/2017 Mikele is a young Erythrean who got arrested in Brussels and retained in the 127bis closed centre on the 22nd of October 2017 although his refugee status had been acknowledged … Continuer la lecture →
Update 1 November 2017 After the call from the closed centre of Merksplas, we promised ourselves that the young boy would not stay another night in that jail. Mission accomplished! Thanks to your calls, faxes and emails, the guardianship service … Continuer la lecture →
19/10/2017 : I. cut her wrist in her shower at the Caricole closed centre on 18th October 2017. She was very bad psychologically for the last two days, she had asked assistance from the medical service and an appointment with … Continuer la lecture →
HOW TO PREVENT A DEPORTATION If you have contacts with retainees in a closed centre who risk being deported: Try to know: – if it is the first time they are being brought to the airport – what is the … Continuer la lecture →
ILLEGAL MASSIVE DEPORTATION ATTEMPTS TO SUDAN: Francken persists in his manner CALL TO RALLY THIS THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER 2017 at 5.30 pm in front of the Office des étrangers: FREE THEM ALL, DEPORT FRANCKEN AND MICHEL! Hour after hour, news … Continuer la lecture →
03/10/2017 Every day, families are being broken by the Foreigners Office that retains fathers and mothers, separating them form their children, sometimes newborns, and does not hestitate to deport the parent to the “country of origin”, on the pretext of … Continuer la lecture →
05/10/2017: They were several dozens this Sunday afternoon 1st of October 2017 to walk to the closed centre 127 bis in Steenokkerzeel to show their outrage against these retentions and deportations. They made a hundred people happy. Bangladeshi, Algerians, Rwandese, … Continuer la lecture →
29/09/2017 Since the mass arrestations in the Maximilien park and in the North Station, we had a lot of difficulties to get in touch with the hundred people arrested and retained in the closed centre. According to the information we … Continuer la lecture →
RESISTANCE……..and profile of the DRC people deported on the collective flight to Nigeria, Ghana and the DRC Opponents Several are well known opponents to Kabila’s regime and they have been militants for years. They have been retained in closed centres … Continuer la lecture →
Update: The collective depootation will take people from Nigeria, Ghana and DRC —————————————————————————————————————— Several DRC retained in the closed centres got notified that they had been registered on a group flight to Kinshasa on 26 September 2017 at 10 a.m … Continuer la lecture →
22 september 2017: Two evenements: — Let’s make the voice of retainees in closed centres audible TOGETHER, LET’S OCCUPY THE PUBLIC SPACE AND READ TESTIMONIES OF RETAINEES IN CLOSED CENTRES Friday 22nd September 2017 3.30 p.m. Place de … Continuer la lecture →
Update 17/09/2017: The people who were arrested daily over the last weeks by the police in Maximilien parc, its surroundings and in the North Station are still many to be retained in closed centres. It remains very complicated to spot … Continuer la lecture →
Despite the militarisation of the European borders and the construction of walls and barbed wire, thousands of migrants still want to reach Europe. Since 2015, the politicians have been speaking of “migrants crisis”, of “asylum crisis”, of the management of … Continuer la lecture →
05/08/2017: Francken discovered two countries he didn’t know: Sudan and Somalia. Since almost a year, migrants – mainly Sudanese and Eritreans, have been sleeping in the Maximilien Parc in Brussels. Associations and volunteers try to provide them with food and … Continuer la lecture →
Update 31st August 2017 Some people were at the airport but it was very difficult to find passengers willing to listen to the problematic. Fefe arrived in Kinshasa in a very bad state. Friends and family members were waiting for … Continuer la lecture →
Robocops in the closed centre 127 bis Today 25/08/2017 11 am : a Moroccan man detained in 127 bis’ closed center freaked out. He had learned that his brother died in Libya and was to be burried in Morocco. He … Continuer la lecture →
20 August 2017 : It’s been 10 days already that two Congolese women, Clarisse Iseka Mbongo and Fefe Tuluka Mizaku have been on hunger strike at the closed centre in Bruges. Powerless in front of the oppressive system, they are … Continuer la lecture →
14/08/2017 : A second deportation attempt with police escort is announced on August 17 for Mrs TULUKA MIZAKU Fefe She arrived in Belgium in 2006, fleeing Kabila’s regime which had put her in prison for being critical. Mme T.M.Fefe is … Continuer la lecture →
Update: 11/08/2017: Some people went to the airport to tell passengers that Clarisse would be on the plane: Clarisse resisted her second deportation attempt with police escort. “When we went up the stairs onto the plane, some of the police … Continuer la lecture →
05/08/2017: Mid May 2017 the Council of Ministers have approved a masterplan “Detention centres for illegal residents”. The masterplan provides a big extension of the existing return capacity and the creation of three new dentention centres. “With this masterplan we … Continuer la lecture →
Update 07/08 /2017: departurz of the flight the 09/08/2017 at 10 p.m. —————————————————————————————————————————- We learned from a sound source that 80 to 100 Nigerians will be deported on August 9th or 10th. It would be a Frontex flight organised by … Continuer la lecture →
Update 24/07/2017: Changement de programme : ils ont essayé de mettre Francis sur le vol vers Abidjan à 11h15……Coups ,saucissonage….Francis a expliqué sa situation aux passagers. Beaucoup se sont levés, beaucoup ont filmé. Francis a été ressortit de l’avion et ramené … Continuer la lecture →
17/07/2017 Call from Bruges: “Who can we turn to, Miss?” Sleepplace and lifeplace closed centre Brugge 2016 Fifteen days ago, around forty people made a written request to the direction. Two representatives of the group met the direction. Thy asked … Continuer la lecture →
Rally organised by the Congolese community to support Ms C, who resisted a deportation to Angola, and to support all detained Congolese who risk deportation Thursday 13 July at 9am in front of the Office des étrangers – Chaussée d’Anvers, … Continuer la lecture →
17/06/2017 Violence strikes again: married and repelled He is Iraqi and he benefits from the subsidiary protection. She is from Morocco. They got married then years ago and they were living in Iraq from where they fled in 2013. In … Continuer la lecture →
Mr D was arrested in Liège in February 2017. He wanted to prevent an attempted rape and had called the police. He was undocumented for six years on the Belgian territory, hence the police arrested him and brought him to … Continuer la lecture →
On Tuesday 6th of June 2017, a Senegalese named Medoune Ndiaye, member of la Voix des Sans Papiers (VSP) de Bruxelles (The Voice of the Undocumented – Brussels), was deported on a Brussels Airlines flight to Dakar. He was arrested … Continuer la lecture →
Be it a proved asylum seeker or the father of two small kids, the Foreigners Office is persisting. Two escorts will operate, with their well-knwon violence, at the same time at Zaventem airport, to forcibly embark two persons on two … Continuer la lecture →
He was able to give us a brief phone call when arriving to Casablanca. He explained to us that he went through serious violence when boarding, he was tied and handcuffed like for every forced deportation, with systematic shots by … Continuer la lecture →
30/05/2017 Here we go, the legislation allowing to deport foreigners who were born in Belgium enters into force, and it is with Yassine that the governement will ‘inaugurate’ it, in the name of alleged ‘security measures’. Born in Belgium 36 … Continuer la lecture →
Solidarity with the 6 heroes sued for having prevented a deportation Let’s go in numbers to the audience and in front of the Tribunal! 31 May 2017 8.30 a.m. Law Courst of Brussels, (Palais de Justice Place Poelaert) On 17th … Continuer la lecture →
28/05/2017 Theo Francken and the Foreigners Office announced the opening of 3 new closed centres where men and women will be ‘administratively’ locked down, with the congratulations of the different parties that manage the residence and migration of foreigners with … Continuer la lecture →
Update : We were several at the airport, including the lawyer and one parliamentarian, to talk to the passengers. We heard that the deportation of Mahmadou had been cancelled because, so they told him, there was “no escort available”. It’s … Continuer la lecture →
14/05/2017 CENSORSHIP AND REPRESSION The annual Steenrock festival 2017 took place on 06/05/2017 in front of the Steenokkerzeel closed centre to protest against imprisonments and deportation, with concerts, public speaking, demonstration in front of the fences of the centre, testimonies … Continuer la lecture →
10/05/2017: E was deported. In the first plane, 4 people opposed to the deportation and were arrested, according to Francken. To be confirmed. https://theotuurt.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/opstand-aan-boord-2/ E was placed on a flight through Morocco and is now being retained in Sierra Leone. … Continuer la lecture →
Ms J is about to undergo a 2nd expulsion attempt this Monday 8/05/2017 She is from Cameroun and lives in Belgium since 2005. he obtained a work conditionned based regularization. She lost it due to the fact that her future … Continuer la lecture →
Surprise demonstration in front of the closed centres in Steenokkerzeel this Sunday 30th of April 2017 Information from inside the centres This Sunday, we got a first phone call from the Caricole closed centre: ‘There are demonstrators in front of … Continuer la lecture →
26/04/2017 In a wing of the centre, two Pakistani retainees have been on a hunger/thirst strike for 5 days. They refuse to be deported because they are in danger in Pakistan. They started the hunger and thirst strike after learning … Continuer la lecture →
20/04 We are expecting news from the deported. It was a “joint flight” organised by Frontex. Mainstream media com: http://www.sudinfo.be/1828519/article/2017-04-19/dix-neuf-congolais-et-guineens-expulses-par-vol-militarise-depuis-la-belgique Nineteen Congolese and Guineans deported from Belgium on a military flight. Eleven Congolese and eight Guineans were smoothly deported on … Continuer la lecture →
13/04/2017 Emmanuel, a young Sierra Leonean, has already experienced several deportation attempts to China (through which he transited) and to Sierra Leone (his home country). They even brought him by force once to Sierra Leone – two days sleeping on … Continuer la lecture →
NO to the arrests of the undocument people Theo Francken on the attack: the arrests seem more and more to target undocumented activists. Info: http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/loffice-des-etrangers-belgian-immigration-service-the-border-guard-of-europe/ THE FIGHT GOES ON… SOLIDARITY… WE WILL NOT LET IT HAPPEN! Gathering at the Foreigners … Continuer la lecture →
Udate 07/04: Le vol a été annulé suite à une nouvelle demande d’asile. Il a fait un aller retour Merksplas-127 bis-Merksplas et n’a pas été présenté à l’aéroport : ““Merksplas – 127 bis – Merksplas- Tout ce va est vient, … Continuer la lecture →
Update: Update: Released with the refugee status on 10 May 2017. Free violence! ——————————————————————————————————– Arrest and deportation attempt audio (FR) here And in the plane audio (FR) here Translation: Arrest and deportation attempt: I simply wanted to introduce myself … Continuer la lecture →
01/04/2017 – We’ve heard from two different sources that a military flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would be foreseen in the coming days/weeks. We know that a dozen Congolese are currently being retained in closed centres, among … Continuer la lecture →
Update 25/03:He left the centre at 6.30 a.m. He rang us at 2 p.m when he was back at the centre. « When you see me, you will cry ». At the airport, there were 5 men and 1 woman … Continuer la lecture →
22/03/2017: He arrives in Belgium early December 2016 and asks for asylum, being persecuted in his country, Sierra Leone, as a Christian. He is transferred to the closed Caricole center. The CGRA does not believe his story and the Foriegn … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony 19/03/2017 Hello, On Tuesday 14th of March, I was arrested at Charleroi airport because of overstaying (90/180, not indicated on my vignette, and I was not aware of it). I was driven to the closed centre like a criminal. … Continuer la lecture →
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Physically and psychologically exhausted by a retention of more than 3 months in a closed centre, he had to confront the CGRA and the CEE that did not react to his call for help. However, his calls could not have … Continuer la lecture →
Probable scenario Batha was found dead in a confinement cell this Thursday 2nd of March 2017 in the closed centre of Vottem. He had been isolated there 36 hours earlier because he had mutilated his neck with a razor blade. … Continuer la lecture →
01/03/2017 On the outside, huge barriers, fences as far as your eyes can see, doorphones every 3 meters, windows padlocked with crews. In the inside, innocent people who were born with the wrong documents or in the wrong country. The … Continuer la lecture →
Press Release/02/02/2017/CRACPE A man from Azerbaijan, retained at the closed centre in Vottem, was found dead this morning. According to the information available, he arrived to Vottem three days ago from another closed centre. Two days ago he had tried … Continuer la lecture →
27/02/2017: Little Belgium has a Secretary of State for migration, Mr Theo Francken, and an Immigration Service (the Office des Étrangers or OE), which follows his orders. The OE is the key institution with regard to the exclusion and deportation … Continuer la lecture →
24/02 Strangely enough (!), following our appeal and the reaction of lawyers and organisations, the three kids who had been detained in the closed centre of Bruges for a week have been recognized as minors by the authorities and taken to an open … Continuer la lecture →
Our Secretary of State for Aslyum and Migration can see bandits everywhere. He deemed all by himself that Mohamed is THE dangerous terrorist and seeks by all means to deport him without evidence and without appeal. He even publicises his … Continuer la lecture →
13/02/2017 RELEASES: AFTER the criminal retention, mid-January, of Mrs E. who was arrested while in transit at Zaventem airport with a French residence permit in order but with a “non-compliant” passport according to the Foreigners Office: AFTER 3 deportation attempts … Continuer la lecture →
https://www.petitions24.net/liberez_madame_e_detenue_illegalement_et_separee_de_ses_enfants Englih translation Free Miss E,illegaly detained and separated from her children Miss E is detained since mid-January in the Caricole detention center while she has a valid resident card in France ! Help us to collect as much signatures … Continuer la lecture →
02/02/2017 Merksplas Several retainees of the Merksplas closed centre have been on a hunger strike for 5 days to protest against their retention. Three of them have been placed in confinement cells by punishment. An escalation of racist actions by … Continuer la lecture →
Update 13/02/2017 RELEASES: AFTER the criminal retention, mid-January, of Mrs E. who was arrested while in transit at Zaventem airport with a French residence permit in order but with a “non-compliant” passport according to the Foreigners Office: AFTER 3 deportation … Continuer la lecture →
Walid is currently detained in the closed centre of Vottem, he had started a hunger and thirst strike last 13st in order to protest against his detention for over one year now in closed centres. His story is to be … Continuer la lecture →
Walid is living in Belgium since 2008. He has a 3-year old daughter. In 2014 he spent a few months in jail for a petty theft, and was released after his sentence. On December 16 2015, the police burst in … Continuer la lecture →
Update: MH a été expulsé dans “les règles de l’art”: Fouille au commissariat de l’aéroport, mis à poil, 6 flics, attaché avec ceinture “comme Hannibal le cannibal”, accueillit par la police à Alger, prise d’empreintes et 4 heures d’interrogatoire……..puis libéré … Continuer la lecture →
04/01/2017 5 A.M.. T. wakes up. Some noise at the door, like a dog scratching. It is cold this December 5, and since the heating system in the appartment is out of order, she sleeps on the living room couch … Continuer la lecture →
« They asked me whether I was going to be nice to them. » Their words still resonate in his head. « You have to leave, you don’t have the choice. You are obliged to get on that plane otherwise … Continuer la lecture →
Friday 16 December 2016, 6 p.m., block 4, Merksplas closed centre: the retainees are not happy. Despite several talks with the management about meals, notably dinner, when they invariably get cheese with two slices of bread at 6 p.m and … Continuer la lecture →
R, 26, his brother A, 30, and their mother have been at the Caricole closed centre in Steenokkerzeel for two months. Ruben, the oldest, has a serious progressive disease and is heavily physically handicapped. He needs constant assitance from her … Continuer la lecture →
We zoeken achter een vertaler in het nl! While Belgium tries, in vain, to reinforce the ‘police cooperation’ with Algeria http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/la-belgique-tente-de-renforcer-la-cooperation-policiere-avec-l-algerie-58494a23cd709a48787c4049 and Théo Francken declares on twitter that they continue working ‘behind the screen’, the hunting goes on. Several dozens … Continuer la lecture →
07/12/2016 Today we have received a phone call from someone in Morton Hall, who tells us that a man died yesterday in the detention centre. We have been told that yesterday afternoon, at around 3pm, the man started foaming at … Continuer la lecture →
According to the testimony of a person retained in Merksplas, a police escort came to the centre this Monday to pick up Arsen K, Chechen, in order to deport him to Moscow. It was the first deportation attempt on him, … Continuer la lecture →
Théo Francken is proud to announce the retention and expulsion of many «undocumented criminals ». These endless retentions are challenging, they are part of Machiavellian and dishonest, not to say illegal processes. As an example among many others, some had … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by Arsen Kuntaev, Chechen, in Belgium for around 10 years and father of three children, whose deportation to Moscow is planned for this Monday 28th of November at 12.25 a.m from Zaventem Arsen was living in Lier close to … Continuer la lecture →
From Ventimiglia to Calais, from Ceuta to Melilla, from Lesbos to Athens, at all borders and beyond, the criminalisation of those who hinder the good functioning of European migration policies is in full swing. As an example among many others, … Continuer la lecture →
Six prisoners tried to escape from the detention centre of Bruges on Friday 18/11/2016 at 7 p.m. Four of them succeeded and are now free! Two were held back by the guards. They cut the fence of a window, climbed … Continuer la lecture →
Vottem closed centre Sixty per cent of the retainees of the closed centre in Vottem have started a hunger strike two days ago. They are protesting against: -Medical care: some have important appointments in hospitals, which are not respected. “They … Continuer la lecture →
Detained for 11 months, defended by a lawyer who is a member of the N-VA, then deported to Kabul: is Belgium a safe country for asylum seekers? S.R, a young Afghan asylum seeker, came to Belgium one year ago and … Continuer la lecture →
Daté HOUEDAKOR- The diary of an immigrant going to be deported soon: violence and babarism by the law enforcement staff! Interview by Yves K. LODONOU (24/10/20016 de21h50 à 22h25) +32474 37 83 76 ; yakolod@gmail.com The only crime is to … Continuer la lecture →
Several persons are doing a hunger strike in the closed centres. Among them: -A young Afghan, retained at the 127 bis centre for almost 11 months (he was arrested on the 1st of December 2015). He has been on hunger … Continuer la lecture →
There are hundreds locked away in closed centres because they allegedly “don’t have the right papers”. Many are desperate. Some go on hunger strike, others try to kill themselves or to escape. They feel abandoned and lonely in this fight … Continuer la lecture →
Attempt to escape 127bis: 27/09 : during the walk time, a man jumped over the 3 fences of the centre: this was followed by a police deployment and a manhunt. They found him and transferred him to a secured wing … Continuer la lecture →
22/09/2016 Testimony on ZIN TV http://zintv.org/Sow-temoigne-depuis-le-centre We could reach Mamadou Sow by phone. He has been retained since Monday 19th of September in Bruges with 12 other undocumented during a raid by the police in a building in Molenbeek occupied … Continuer la lecture →
Update 29 September: In the end it was a FRONTEX flight that deported around 30 Guineans and Congolese from Brussels! They landed in Conakry in the evening of the 28th of September, where the Belgian ambassador and the Guinean Interior … Continuer la lecture →
« Here it is not about closed centre for illegals anymore. It is about illegal prisons, torture and detentions.” 14/09/2016 For more than a year, Theo Francken has been declaring through the press that he is deporting ‘undocumented criminals’. In … Continuer la lecture →
8th September 2016 Horror scene of deportations Wednesday 7th September – flight AF386 Paris-Bamako It is 1.30 p.m. when the police of the administration retention centre of Vincennes come to pick up Sekouba MAREGA to drive him to the airport … Continuer la lecture →
30 /O8/2016 For several weeks the tension has been very high in the centre. Several retainees have gone on hunger strike, rebellions have started etc. Retainees have very few means to resist, each movement being sanctioned. The staff (guards, management, … Continuer la lecture →
Today 12:45 deportation of 40 Sudanese are rounded up there two days before the center of the Red Cross Ventimiglia towards Sudan (Khartoum), via Turin Airport and the company “EgyptAir”. They were received by a judge and their deportation was … Continuer la lecture →
On 17th of August at 6.40 a.m. from Berlin Tegel I embarked on a flight to Douala via Brussels where I landed at 9.15 a.m. to embark on another flight at 11.00 a.m. foreseen at 10.40 a.m. On that … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs. F., of Guinean origin, has been living for 18 years in the United States. She legally stays there, rents an apartment, and works in New York. On 03/07, she lands in Belgium with her two daughters aged 11 and … Continuer la lecture →
At Brussels National airport in Zaventem For several months, Subsaharian or Maghrebin travellers in transit at Brussels National airport are caught by the police and retained in closed centres. During the holidays period, some who are legal residents in one … Continuer la lecture →
update 8th of July – the second family is composed of a mother and 3 children legally residing in the US for 10 years. Today the 3 children were brought to friends of the mother in Liège. The mother still … Continuer la lecture →
Update 12 July 2016 – After one month of retention, two deportation/refoulement attempts, three appearances in court for a release request each time postponed, Mr Sow has been released and may at last join his family in Spain, his country of … Continuer la lecture →
20/06/2016 Retainees in the centres are currently in urgent need of phone recharges. Some were arrested on their migration road (Zeebruge, Ostende, at the French border) and separated from their family whom they absolutely want to find back and/or warn. … Continuer la lecture →
Words by a retainee in a closed centre for more than 4 months: « The closed centre is a small society in itself: we are getting organised, we discuss with people from all over the world, we have arguments and … Continuer la lecture →
Albanians are the target this time! Théo Francken adds the imprisonment of lots of Albanians in closed centres to his mission. On Twitter (see below) ‘Loads of Albanians in prisons¹ i.e all Albanians are criminals. ŒDeterrence visit in Albania¹. ŒAgreement … Continuer la lecture →
Mr H is among the last persons who had climbed the crane with 8 other undocumented people on 17th of November 2015 http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/policemen-dressed-up-in-firemen/ Six of them were retained in a closed centre, two were deported and the others have been … Continuer la lecture →
On May 19th 2016, an ambulance escorted by three police cars took away a Pakistani who had been on a hunger strike for 37 days. The retainees were shouting at the police, after which several of them ended up placed … Continuer la lecture →
This Sunday 14/05/2016, suddenly, around 1 p.m., the guards of the 127 bis closed centre decided to search everybody in the wing nr 1. All prisoners had to gather in the common hall. They were called one by one by … Continuer la lecture →
07/05/2016 Once again, the visit is harsh and discouraging. The retention conditions of the foreigners who are being watched, behind closed doors, are unacceptable and appalling for anyone with a sound mind. Request to enter with RTBF TV refused. Verification … Continuer la lecture →
update 8th of May 2016 :Mr D was deported by force, feet and hands tied, with sticky tape on his mouth to prevent him from shouting. ———————————————————————————————————————————– D has been retained in our centres for 8 months, waiting to be … Continuer la lecture →
in t the 127bis centre in Steenokkerzeel, it has been 6 days that hunger strike movements started to protest against the long and illegal retentions. Some have been retained for more than 8 months waiting for a decision of the … Continuer la lecture →
If you are undocumented and you hear that the police are looking for you in order to talk to you, avoid getting in touch with them. Temporarily disappear from your official address and ask for help to your lawyer, friends, … Continuer la lecture →
Groeps foto from closed centre They came to Europe 5, 10, 15 or 20 years ago. They built their lives here, some with documents, others clandestinely. Some have children who were born here. They all worked legally or illegally. Some … Continuer la lecture →
80 retainees decided today (22nd of April 2016) to start a hunger strike to protest against the retention of women, of parents of Belgian children, of old couples (a couple more than 70 years old), for sometimes more than 7 … Continuer la lecture →
15/04/2016 He had been living here for 10 years. He climbed on a crane in 2009. He then jumped into the canal out of despair. He was brought to the hospital several times for depression. He was arrested and taken … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE 12/04: This morning, Mamadou got a ticket for his deportation to Gambia on the following day. The result of an appeal for his release was also due to fall on the same day: the court decided that his retention … Continuer la lecture →
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Vottem : Demonstration Saturday 16th of April 2016 2 p.m. “At the time when the European Union closes its borders and overrides the right to asymum and freedom of movement, At the time when the Belgian government hunts down the … Continuer la lecture →
Lesquin (Lille) 24/06/2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdC32_eCbcw Direct action – blockade two detention centers Novembre 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMIEvFyqQ8 127bis Steenokkerzeel september 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj7qoi_7a2k Caricole Steenokkerzeel juni 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS7JpYpZisI Merksplas Februari 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDMAKvVfaIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEWjkr6R2g Merksplas 28/01/2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJS3yIRfdgw Steenokkerzeel februari 2011 : Videoreport and pix of solidarity … Continuer la lecture →
27/03/2016 ‘I’m sorry for you, but didn’t you look for it?’ These words remind us of other words by people arrested and retained in the closed centre that we heard several times in the past: ‘In Africa, white people have … Continuer la lecture →
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Words by Freddy Roosemont, director of the Foreigners Office, to the members of the undocumented coordination during an interview. « If there were 1000 places available in the closed centres, we would do our best to occupy them and for … Continuer la lecture →
16/03/2016 Last week, a wing of the detention center 127 bis has been emptied on 08/03/2016. We hear that on 14/03 17 Nigerian women have been brought there. So, we assume that some of them have been brought from other … Continuer la lecture →
Vidéo: London2Calais 12 maart om 16:33 Protesters bang on walls of Yarl’s Wood detention center demanding the immigration prison be shut down as detainees wave from windows and address the gathering via phone. #ShutDownYarlsWood #refugeeswelcome
Press release – 8th March 2016 Cimade https://paris-luttes.info/mesnil-amelot-feu-au-centre-de-5012?lang=fr *Fire in retention : the violence in retention has to end* Four arsons happened over the last days in the administrative retention centre (CRA) of Mesnil-Amelot. Among the three of them that … Continuer la lecture →
They carry euphemistic names such as “Immigration Removal Centre” in the UK, “Identification and Expulsion Centres” in Italy or “centers for the internment of foreigners” in Spain. Nevertheless, they should be called prisons. http://refugeestreets.com/2016/03/01/thousands-of-refugees-imprisoned-across-immigration-detention-centres-in-europe/
02/03/2016 We get a lot of phone calls from the Belgian closed centres about arrests at the airport. Among the people arrested, a lot have documents in France, Italy, Belgium, the US and they were transiting through Belgium with a … Continuer la lecture →
Update 02/03: Mrs T was not deported and is back at the centre. Actions, faxes, emails and an article by RTBF apparently discouraged them. http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_sarah-va-etre-expulsee-la-jeune-guinee nne-refusait-un-mariage-force?id=9228137 Nevertheless, they promised that next time it would happen for sure. Mrs T fled … Continuer la lecture →
24/02/2016 ‘The whole wide world gathers in our closed centre: North Africans, sub-Saharans, Estern Europeans, Russians, Asians, Latin Americans, and even from the United States of America.’ They will be deported thanks to the collegial collaboration of consuls and ambassadors … Continuer la lecture →
http://www.irinnews.org/report/101102/how-uk-detention-policy-worsens-migrants-mental-health SHARE Photo: UK Home Office Too tough inside: The inquiry is looking into the need to lock up so many migrants LONDON, 6 February 2015 (IRIN) – This month, the UK parliament is due to release findings of an … Continuer la lecture →
31/01/2015 Audio Testimony in French Testimony I have been in the closed centre of Bruges for two months and ten days. I live in Ninove. The police came to my house but I wasn’t there. My husband was; he said … Continuer la lecture →
26/01/2016 A young boy was deported by force: his parents and family are living here. He left his ‘country of origin’, DRC, when he was 7 years old and doesn’t know anything nor anyone there. His crime: he had a … Continuer la lecture →
26/01 Update: Ils étaient plusieurs à l’aéroport pour parler aux passagers. Les passagers semblaient réceptifs et certains assuraient qu’ils n’allaient pas accepter que Rhama soit expulsée. Rhama était accompagnée de 4 policiers , 3 hommes et une femme; Ils l’ont … Continuer la lecture →
M has been living in Europe for more than 10 years, in Belgium for 8 years. He is Egyptian. He built his life here in Belgium. He got married here and was living his life here: house, work, car, etc. … Continuer la lecture →
They are two young Bosnians, 18 and 20 years old, living with their families in the North of France. They crossed the border with Belgium to buy cigarettes. They were caught by the Belgian police and at the request of … Continuer la lecture →
On October 14th and 15th, there were two FRONTEX deportations to Nigeria: one flight from Amsterdam, coordinated by the Netherlands, with 28 deported from different countries, with one stopover in Madrid, the second from Rome, coordinated by Italy, with 48 … Continuer la lecture →
A lot of repression in the centres. It seems to be the only communication mean for the management. Some of our friends don’t answer the phone anymore. They just disappeared! Transfers, cells, deportations? Do we have to issue a warrant … Continuer la lecture →
Update:Closed centres 21 December 2015 127bis: 17 people still on hunger strike. They met the Director of the Centre this afternoon. Vottem: 17 people still on hunger strike in the blue wing, several “leaders” as the Office calls them, have … Continuer la lecture →
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6327_en.htm European Commission – Press release A European Border and Coast Guard to protect Europe’s External Borders Strasbourg, 15 December 2015 A European Border and Coast Guard to protect Europe’s External Borders The European Commission is today adopting an important … Continuer la lecture →
Closed centre 127bis . Last week, a dozen of releases. Among them, a few Afghans who had been arrested in the context of the Afghans’ hunt announced by Francken. This week, reopening of the wing for 40 people with a … Continuer la lecture →
Mohamed, one of the persons who climbed on the crane, will endure his second deportation attempt this saturday 05/12. The social assistance from the closed center in Merksplas announced him this 04/12 at 2 PM that a flight is scheduled … Continuer la lecture →
They are thousands those last months to present themselves at the Foreign Office in Brussels, hoping to obtain asylum in our country. They are visible, the media talk daily about them.And as in the entire Schengen area, the filtering is … Continuer la lecture →
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On November 24, 2015, the site avocats.be published a text entitled “Message of lawyers to asylum seekers: Welcome to the asylum seekers in Belgium. You should not discourage you.” Written by Patrick Henry and Jean-Marc Picard, president and administrator of … Continuer la lecture →
On 16th of November, 8 undocumented people climbed two cranes in Brussels. Most of them had been on the Belgian territory for more than 10 years. Many have been involved in movements of fight for the undocumented for several years. … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony/ Introduction 19/10/2015 : Sharif , a young Afghan, 17, arrived to Belgium through the Balkans in March 2015. He tried to introduce an asylum request. The Foreigners Office declared him as ‘Dublin’ because he had travelled through Bulgaria. Besides, … Continuer la lecture →
14th October:Confirmation that the collective flight to Nigeria will be a military flight departing from Melsbroek¹s military airport (Chaussée de Haecht). It would supposedly take off in the beginning of the evening, to be confirmed 13th October: two days mobilisation … Continuer la lecture →
01/10/2015 Hassan who had been retained in the closed centre for two months and a half was deported by the State this morning. During his imprisonment, Hassan never let himself be pushed around. First, he tried to escape from the … Continuer la lecture →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“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
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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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 →
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 →
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 →
Several detainees of the closed centre have started a hunger strike, some of them 5 days ago. They are claiming for the treatment of their files. Some of them have been there for several months and they didn’t get any … Continuer la lecture →
Update: The son was deported. He is now in Belgrade. They will try to deport the parents for the third time this Friday 31st of July 2015. ‘We will show no resistance; it is impossible to resist in front of … Continuer la lecture →
Two Congolese men will undergo new eviction attempts. For one it will be the first attempt after he have receive 5 times a deportation ticket who were canceled, for the other the second attempt! Since the organisation of 2 collective … Continuer la lecture →
We heard some news about the collective deportation of this 17th of June. Information is not easy to get seen the obvious traumatism of the people deported after the violence they could feel during the deportation, and the bad welcoming … Continuer la lecture →
The Ritabaga invites you on July 4th for a solidarity evening with the group Getting The Voice out (www.gettingthevoiceout.org) Start: 5 p.m Le ritabaga: Rue de Châtillon 65 à 5310 Liernu (sortie 12 E411) – projection of videos, presentation of … Continuer la lecture →
This Sunday 14th of June, the persons who wanted to visit close friends or family members in the 127bis closed centre were told that visits would not be possible during 3 days. They insisted in knowing why this wouldn’t be … Continuer la lecture →
On Thursday 4th of June, a group deportation by military flight had been announced to 20 Congolese detainees in the closed centres. We heard from one of the deported who got to Kinshasa that they were 4 deported, 3 men … Continuer la lecture →
Notice to our Congolese friends: Be careful, the Office des Etrangers(Foreigners office) will do everything as a good student of Europe as it is to nab the most possible Congolese people in order to fill this flight of 06/04/2015 and … Continuer la lecture →
1) Shocking: the Foreigners Office and the local authorities after a woman victim of domestic abuse In Belgium for 8 years, she was married to a Belgian man who was beating her. She found refuge in a shelter for … Continuer la lecture →
Since the collective deportation attempts that had been foreseen and then cancelled at the end of May and the beginning of April, our Office of Shame seems to be short-circuiting the aborted deportations of the Congolese people retained in the … Continuer la lecture →
One more attempt for collective deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) CANCELED Some Congolese detainees in the 127bis closed centre have been notified of their scheduled deportation for the 07/05/2015 09 p.m., leaving from the Melsbroek military airport … Continuer la lecture →
Four prisonners held in the shameful Vottem detention center reclaimed their freedom by escaping. During the night of the 1st to the 2nd of May, they left their cell through the window, climbed the fences and disappeared into nature. “Everything … Continuer la lecture →
01/05/2015 Returns: their lives are here! A lot of people who get deported to a country where they transited and who are called “Dublin migrants” are returning back here: they have their life here, their wife, children, work and life … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony man from Irak detained in closed centre Audio Here lawyers My name is Mr Ibrahim.I’m an asylum applicant from Iraq and on 27th March 2015 Icame to the 127bis closed centre. On the way they deported me to France, it … Continuer la lecture →
We heard that a new grouped deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been planned for 28th April 2015. Congolese people living in Belgium or in other European countries will be escorted by the federal police to the … Continuer la lecture →
Our authorities are deporting people to Pakistan despite repeated alert calls on the future of the deported people in their home country since more than a year: testimonies here: xxxxx Sabir can not leave and doesn’t want to: she says … Continuer la lecture →
8th April 2015 They are in love and are expecting a happy event. They naturally decided to get married. The date had been set to April 17th 2015. They were convened for an ‘interview’ this morning, 8th of April 2015, … Continuer la lecture →
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Mr A, detained for several months in several closed centres, has spent 15 days in the secured wing of Vottem. He finally released with an “Order to Leave the Territory without delay”. Audiotestimony here (Fr) You are in the secured … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE: 7 April 2015 A lot of calls from the closed centres. Many people are placed in solitary confinement, sometimes for several days. Others are transferred from one centre to the other. Intimidation and threats are ongoing. The solution for … Continuer la lecture →
02/04/2015 The Belgian State want to chase the criminals? They’d better start with themselves (and leave the rest of the world in peace)! SUICIDE AT THE CLOSED CENTRE IN MERKSPLAS A Moroccan man who had been detained in the closed … Continuer la lecture →
Loads of calls from Steenokkerzeel, Bruges, Vottem Loads of different stories, sometimes shocking. A lot of hatred, a lot of tears, and tiny or huge rebellions nipped in the bud. A lot of intimidation and repression: don’t know anything about … Continuer la lecture →
After a long energetic march that gathered hundreds of people on 22/03/2015, and after moving speeches and testimonies, we headed to the grid of the centre where messages of solidarity with the prisoners can be transmitted and where some usually … Continuer la lecture →
International solidarity with the detainees on hunger strike in the United Kingdom’s detention centres Currently, hundreds of persons are on hunger strike in more than half of the UK’s detention centres. It is the biggest insurrection against the racist detention … Continuer la lecture →
Gathering in Liège, Espace Tivoli (Place Saint-Lambert) from 2 p.m. The measures announced by the Secretary of State for Asylum and Immigration Théo Franken, and the current government are once again stigmatising foreigners. The discourse is very clear: asylum and … Continuer la lecture →
Warning : Francken’s targets for the coming weeks will be North-Africans, mainly Moroccans. Mr Francken, alias the anti migration Minister, will soon visit his counterparts in Morocco. He will keep his promises and prepare the deportation of our Moroccans with … Continuer la lecture →
Call : http://mrax.be/wp/invitation-presse-nous-en-avons-assez-des-centres-fermes-marche-du-1er-mars-2015/ They are around a hundred to walk 14 km to the closed centre in order to protest againt the imprisonment of some of their friends in the closed centres. The call had been launched by MRAX and … Continuer la lecture →
Mass protest inside Harmondsworth immigration detention centre 8 March 2015, 7.25pm e: detaineesriseup@riseup.net More than 200 people detained in Harmondsworth immigration detention centre are mobilising a hunger strike from 8.00am tomorrow, following a noise demonstration inside the centre today. They … Continuer la lecture →
“It is a clear signal that the only good way to come and settle in our country is the legal way”, highlighted M. Francken in a press release!…………………. An 84 years old woman was arrested in the evening of the … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony third deprtation Audio here: A_arrivée_madrid_25fev_(FR) -How are you? I am not fine -Where are you now? I am in Madrid, the policemen, they killed me, they hit me a lot! They were 10 policemen on me, 10! They were 3 … Continuer la lecture →
Let’s prevent a second deportation attempt (under escort!) to the Ivory Coast on February 27th 2015! Achille Gnapi is an Ivorian political opponent against the current regime. He had to flee the country with all his family because their lives … Continuer la lecture →
Update 02/24/2015: Many newcomers, all Albanian, in the detention center 127bis. We do not know exactly where they come from? And what we have come to know: The majority of people locked in the CRA in Calais and Lille are … Continuer la lecture →
12/02/2015 Mr A is Cameroonian. He has been living in Belgium for 5 years. He is seriously ill and went through two serious throat surgeries. He still has difficulties to speak. The Office want to send him back to Spain. … Continuer la lecture →
Update 13/02/2015: Martine has been deported. She landed in Kinshasa this afternoon on an Ethiopian Airlines flight departing from Amsterdam. She was brought to the hospital. She is exhausted and broken into pieces. She was tied and gagged at every … Continuer la lecture →
12/02/2015 Deportations, news from the centres Here are some news from the situation in the centres. The number of deportations is huge, so are the refusals to be deported, hence the privilege to benefit from a second, third, or even … Continuer la lecture →
06/02/2015 Achille Gnapi is an Ivorian political opponent to the current regime. He had to flee the country with his family because their lifes were threatened. Some of them are now in Ghana under subsidiary protection, another one requested asylum … Continuer la lecture →
After the 12 escapes on January 7th 2015, other detainees gave it a try again. On Monday February 2nd 2015, five detainees escaped through the window at night. Two of them managed to regain freedom whereas the other three were … Continuer la lecture →
The European Union just released the results of Mos Maiorum, a huge raid operation carried out by 27 countries throughout Europe between October 13th and 26th under the supervision of FRONTEX. More here. The report by the Council of Europe … Continuer la lecture →
30/O1/2015 The Belgo-European deportation machine struck hard again this week. Europe has no frontiers whent it comes to racits policies and the hunt for immigrants. Let’s remind in that context that Albania had introduced their application for membership to the … Continuer la lecture →
After the collective flight organised on December 17th 2014 to deport 38 Albanians, a new collective expulsion to Albania has been planned for this Friday 30th of January. Théo Francken had said so: he organises, among other things, collective expulsions … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur B. subira une deuxième tentative d’expulsion ce lundi 19 janvier à 16h40 sur le vol AT833 Bruxelles-Casablanca de Royal Air Maroc. Rendez-vous donc à 15h00 à l’aéroport au check-in Royal Air Maroc! ALERTE EXPULSION Deuxième tentative ce lundi 19 … Continuer la lecture →
In the night of 17th of January, three detainees tried to escape. They broke the windowns of their cell and found themselves in the courtyard, trying to climb the fences surrounding the centre. The guards called the police that arrived … Continuer la lecture →
Update 17/01: S. was presumably deported but he DISAPPEARED. His family and friends in Belgium are extremely worried. They had given him all the means to recontact them as soon as he would reach Armenia. Since his deportation on January … Continuer la lecture →
We’ve learnt by the Dutch media that 12 detainees of the Bruges closed centre escaped the centre on January 7th 2015! They are of twelve different nationalities. They escaped through the window! They vanished into thin air..
About closed centres or Belgium’s bad conscience The ugly face of the hideous beast: no one may imagine that human rights are violated to such an extent in the prison institutions called ‘closed centres’ by the Belgian State, and ruled … Continuer la lecture →
After 25 years imprisonment, on September 7th 2014, he is brought to the secured wing of the Vottem closed centre in view of his deportation http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/please-translate-in-en_uk-de-gevangenis-in-de-gevangenis-in-vottem-de-beveiligde-vleugel/ He is outraged at this new imprisonment and writes to us http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/guantanamo-bis-lettre-dun-detenu-du-centre-ferme-de-vottem-13092014/ On October … Continuer la lecture →
This night two very young serbians were able to escape from the 127bis. Incarcerated since three days, they lifted their window out after the last contrôle of midnight and found their freedom.
Update 27/12: S. opposed his deportation. He was taken to the back of the plane handcuffed, with an important escort. When he entered the plane they told him that his latest asylum request was rejected. He refused to sign the … Continuer la lecture →
Engl translation need J’étais sur un vol d’expulsion vers la RDC….19 personnes étaient expulsées…nous étions 8 de la défense…. Toutes les autres places étaient occupées par des “accompagnateurs”….A l’embarquement il nous a été dit qu’il était interdit de prendre des … Continuer la lecture →
She had chosen in September 2014 to settle in Belgium for a while with her two daughters of 4 and 9 years old. The three of them had a Schengen visa that was valid for two years. They were living … Continuer la lecture →
She was already doing return trips between Algiers and Brussels for several months with a visa valid for two years, without any problem. Her two daughters were going to school in Brussels. One day, when back to Brussels airport, a … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs L, Congolese, 60 years old, had been called to the Foreigners Office. She thought she would get news of her asylum and 9ter regularisation requests, but the Office arrested her on the spot and drove her, handcuffed, to the … Continuer la lecture →
Humane : no – Fair: no – Efficient : yes – Made by Francken ! They are currently four women between 60 and 70 years old who have been retained in the 127 bis centre, some of them for more … Continuer la lecture →
Detainees often tell us that they introduce asylum requests in closed centres and that the social assistance of the centre doesn’t send these requests to the Foreigners Office. They are therefore not being considered. One of them even got deported … Continuer la lecture →
The collective flight had 19 Belgian Congolese and 3 Congolese from Bulgaria and Finland to be deported according to the Foreigners Office, flight coordonate by Frontex. It had a stop over in Niger to then land in Kinshasa during the … Continuer la lecture →
4 novembre 4 p.m.It was a frontex flight with 19 “illegal” from Belgium and three from Finland and Roumenie, say the mainstream media 4 November 1 p.m. They left the centre around noon, handcuffed, in two big buses and several … Continuer la lecture →
28/10/2014:Mr A was deported. The Bulgarian authorities let him go and advised that he leave Europe and return in 3 months when his Dublin would be expired ! He is currently living in the streets of Sofia with no house … Continuer la lecture →
Recently, we’ve received several testimonies by persons who were going to be deported to Bulgaria because of the Dublin law (an asylum seeker must be repatriated to the first Schengen country where he landed). However, a lot of information exist … Continuer la lecture →
27/10/2014: Police officers came into Mr A’s cell in the closed centre of Vottem. They told him they had a warrant of arrest against him and brought him to the prison in Lantin. It seems that the Belgian state (under … Continuer la lecture →
Cross-checking many testimonies, we are more and more worried about the treatments prisoners are submitted to in Belgian closed centres and about the violence displayed during deportation attempts. ‘Tortures’, ‘terror’ say the prisoners When we have them on the phone, … Continuer la lecture →
For 6 days, Mohamad I, 24, of Pakistani origin, detained at the closed centre in Vottem, has been on hunger and thirst strike. Today his health is at stake, according to his pairs in the centre. He came to Belgium … Continuer la lecture →
If you have contacts with retainees in a closed centre who risk being deported: If you have contact with a detainee in a detention centre who is threatened with deportation, and if this person has received a “ticket” for an … Continuer la lecture →
22/10/2014 WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2014 – MEETING IN FRONT OF BRUSSELS GARE CENTRALE (main entrance) AT 4 PM let them hear our voice: we say NO to exclusion, we say NO to state racism! We reject foreigners’ hunting, police controls … Continuer la lecture →
To remember… Collectif contre les expulsions http://ccle.collectifs.net/-Semira-Adamu-
Monsieur Z est depuis 2006 en Belgique et a participé à certaines grêves de la faim des mouvements de personnes sans papiers. Il est enfermé au centre fermé de Vottem depuis plus d’un mois. L’Office va essayer pour la deuxième … Continuer la lecture →
Shot down like an animal” “On the morning of 15/09/2014, 10 policemen wanted to collect a Nigerian from the closed centre ‘Le Caricole’. When he refused to accompany them they severely beat him and dragged him on the ground. They … Continuer la lecture →
He spent 25 years in prison and some time in the high security wing in Bruges. He served his full sentence. He should have been released under the condition that he would leave the territory; which he had promised he … Continuer la lecture →
Who can translate ? Entretiens avec Jacques: Après huit tentatives d’expulsions il se retrouve à Kinshasa Publié le 9 septembre 2014 par Martine – Read this post in Nederlands Le 3 septembre 2014 Kinshasa Monsieur Jacques est arrivé en Belgique … Continuer la lecture →
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http://passeursdhospitalites.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/expulsions-vers-le-soudan/ Les décisions d’expulsion vers le Soudan se multiplient. Même s’il semble qu’elles ne soient pas mises à exécution jusqu’à présent, elles signifient qu les personnes sont enfermées en rétention pendant des semaines avec l’angoisse d’un retour qui peut signifier … Continuer la lecture →
Mercredi 27 août 2014. Un poignée de personnes solidaires se sont rendues sous les murs du centre de rétention pour un parloir sauvage. Des cris ont été échangés pendant quelques minutes avec les retenus. Vendredi 29 août 2014. À l’appel … Continuer la lecture →
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update Dimanche 24 août 2014, centre de rétention de Vincennes: “On est toujours en grève de la faim. Le commandant n’est pas revenu nous voir depuis vendredi. La nuit a été calme. Mais les policiers continuent de nous provoquer. Ils … Continuer la lecture →
While this woman, seeking asylum, was driven back from the tribunal, handcuffed as usual as is the custom for foreigners driven in vans, the guards forgot her in full sunlight after reaching the Caricole closed centre. On Monday (22 July), … Continuer la lecture →
They are sick of being treated like animals. No respect, no right at all. Some do not have any juridical assistance. When seriously ill, they can not see a doctor. If you want to see one, you must wait for … Continuer la lecture →
Update 15/07: 25 detenees refuse to eate this evening and ask the liberty for ALL. Text message from the closed centre 10:54 p.m. on 14th July « There is a huge mess in the centre. Everyone’s on strike ». At … Continuer la lecture →
Never again ?! Saturday 12 July Anti-raid demonstration in solidarity with the migrants Let’s meet at 2 p.m. at Place d’Armes in Calais We thought that we had witnessed the worst in 2009 with the destruction of the Afghan jungle; the … Continuer la lecture →
Upodate 11/07 De uitzetting van A in 127 bis en van De man in Voottem werden cancelled Update – Hunger strike at the 127bis, July 8th Yesterday, A. fell in his room. He was placed in solitary confinement after his … Continuer la lecture →
https://reportdetentionsector.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/report_detention_sector.pdf
Merksplas : Two detainees on a hunger strike for 8 days have been in solitary confinement since then. Vottem For 19 days, an Indian man detained in Vottem has been on hunger strike. Four days ago, he also started a … Continuer la lecture →
Vottem After the hunger and thirst strikes by mostly Pakistani people, among whom two have been released, there seems to be a new hunger strike movement concerning around 20 people. Merksplas Six days ago, a protest movement started, notably a … Continuer la lecture →
MERCI, DANK U, Thank you to everybody from the camp DEMONSTRATION of the Caravan 2014 of undocumented migrants and refugees 26 juin 2014 Start : Place du Béguinage Brussel 04.30 p.m People from all over Europe organise a Caravan For … Continuer la lecture →
For the last 8 days, a hunger strike, and sometimes a thirst strike, has started at the closed centre in Vottem. Among them are people who fear for their lives in case of forced depor-tation. One example among many others: … Continuer la lecture →
For six days, several persons have been on hunger strike, some on thirst strike, at the closed centre in Vottem. Among them are people of Pakistani origin who fear for their lives if deported by force. Indeed, in Pakistan several … Continuer la lecture →
(English below) Dans le cadre de la semaine d’actions qui suivra l’arrivée à Bruxelles de la Caravane des sans-papiers et des réfugiés (Caravane SP 2014), une rencontre aura lieu le 24 juin 18 h pour partager des expériences et des … Continuer la lecture →
Following several events, the 127 bis has become a powder keg General search and seizure of prayer carpets On June 4th 2014, after a meeting organised with the detainees by the Centre Management, during which the majority had complaints about … Continuer la lecture →
https://reportdetentionsector.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/report_detention_sector.pdf
On 27th May, a group of policemen wearing uniforms, accompanied with loads of civilians, invaded the yard of the 127 bis closed centre at 7 a.m. Here are a few testimonies: ‘ – There was a lot of agitation on … Continuer la lecture →
“They have a lot of money here: Two cops for each deportation, several times per day, who get payed for a roundtrip. It’s a big budget for a country in crisis!” “Commerce is going well in closed centers” In the … Continuer la lecture →
Call to all squatters, antifascists and everyone else to support the struggle in Calais! On May 27th, the three main camps of Calais will be destroyed by the police. More than 600 people live in these camps, which were won … Continuer la lecture →
https://network23.org/antiraids/2014/05/07/hunger-strike-and-protests-now-in-3-uk-migration-prisons/ In Italiano: http://hurriya.noblogs.org/post/2014/05/07/uk-sciopero-della-fame-e-proteste-in-tre-prigioni-per-migranti/ See also new video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8MaauT13c Events so far as of Wednesday 7 May 2PM. On Friday (2 May) over 150 detainees in Harmondsworth migration prison occupied the main courtyard in a sit down protest and … Continuer la lecture →
Radiopanik: Four people go to Morocco to meet activists and Migrants in Ceuta, Mellila, Tanger, Nador, Oujda. Listen to radiopanik (FR) http://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/la-voie-sans-frontieres/no-border-maroc/ Site of aktivists in Tanger (engl,fr) https://beatingborders.wordpress.com/informations-de-base-en-francais/ Site of migrants in Tanger (FR,engl): http://sexiondoundou.wordpress.com/
Définition : « On nomme camp de concentration un lieu fermé de grande taille créé pour regrouper et pour détenir une population considérée comme ennemie, généralement dans de très mauvaises conditions. Cette population peut se composer des opposants politiques, des … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur A est arrivé en Belgique pour demander l’asile en 2012. Il a de gros problème en Guinée et risque d’être arrêté dès son arrivée . On avait déjà tenté de l’expulser lors du vol collectif du 17/03 qui a … Continuer la lecture →
Ce vendredi 25/04/2014 une soirée de soutien est organisée à gettingthevoiceout pour permettre de continuer à soutenir les prisonniers de tous les centres fermés et leurs luttes, à la Parfumerie à Bruxelles. A diffuser partout! Programme A la parfumerie en … Continuer la lecture →
Update 16/03: On leur a dit au 127bis que c’est demain lundi entre 11h et 12h qu’on va les transférer à l’aéroport militaire, qu’ils seront accompagnés de nombreux policiers.. .la déclaration de Bantama Sow (http://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2014/03/15/expulsion-des-guineens-de-l-etranger-les-precisions-du-ministre-bantama-sow) http://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2014/03/13/belgique-les-autorites-de-conakry-s-opposent-l-expulsion-d-une-dizaine-de Update 14/03: It … Continuer la lecture →
Ce lundi 17 mars, un vol militaire est prévu pour expulser une vingtaine de Guinéens actuellement détenus dans les centres fermés de Vottem, Merksplas et Brugge. “Nous cherchons vos laissez-passer mais votre expulsion c’est lundi”, ont annoncé les assitantes sociales … Continuer la lecture →
Il a été annoncé à plusieurs Guinéens dans les centres fermés qu’ils seraient expulsés ce lundi 17/03/2014. Assez étonnant que la date leurs ait été annoncée. Beaucoup n’ont pas reçu de laissez-passer de leur ambassade. Surtout qu’il semble exister (non … Continuer la lecture →
UPDATE: 25/02 19:00: the effectiveness of repression: calm returns to the detention center of Bruges: Some placed in solitary confinment, groups of cops with dogs. “Resisting was impossible” say the prisoners. 25/02 10:30: The police is in the center with … Continuer la lecture →
update 24/02: There was 38 Congolese people in the flight., 7 from the cosed centre of Belgium. “it was very,very hard”. A majority of them are always in detention in Kinshasa. 19/02 2:30 p.m. As far as we know, the … Continuer la lecture →
A man in his 50s tried to kill himself on Friday 14/02/2014. He cut himself with a knife. The other detainees were very upset this morning, the suicide attempt was spectacular. The man was taken to the hospital and the … Continuer la lecture →
Micheline came to Belgium one year ago. Her dad, mum and brother have been living here since 1986. The father had been recognised as a political refugee upon his arrival in Belgium. She wanted to join her family because her … Continuer la lecture →
A lot of deported people come back to Belgium when they are not too far away and/or can afford to, because they have all their friends and family here. For others however it is hell! Testimonies of deported Congolese: A … Continuer la lecture →
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Our Maggie Deblock and her friend Freddy Roosemont, director of the Immigration Office are visiting Conakry; At the same time, Guineans get stopped at the the Immigration Office or in public places. This February the 1, a police raid took … Continuer la lecture →
N has been locked up in a closed center for 3 months. She will undergo a second deportation attempt on Wednesday 5/2 towards Kinshasa. She has applied twice for asylum and a third application is being processed currently. She has … Continuer la lecture →
Ce 28/01/2014 à7h30 un nombre impressionnant de policiers accompagnés de chiens sont descendus dans les 3 ailes fonctionnelles du camp (une quatrième aile est en travaux suite à des évasions il y a 2 mois). Les détenus ont été amenés … Continuer la lecture →
Migration policy in Belgium Evictions : an aim in itself, a symbol sent to electors: Mass arrests 1/1/2014 Asylum: legal proceedings to be limited, reduced and atrophied: 01/01/2014 Orders to leave the territory (OQT) atall-will: 01/01/2014 Embassies tours, sometimes it’s … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs O, from Angola, was arrested at the Brussels airport on 17 December 2103 with an Italian visa. She was planning to go to Italy. The airport police arrested her and she has been retained in the closed centre of … Continuer la lecture →
Every day, all over the world, ordinary people must flee their homes for fear of death or persecution. Many leave without notice, taking only what they can carry. Many will never return. They cross oceans and minefields, they risk their … Continuer la lecture →
Among the detainees in closed centres, Congolese, Chinese, Moroccans, Algerians, Cameroonians, Russians and… Afghans. Most of them are deported after months of imprisonment. No one pays attention anymore to the Afghans that are deported. They are often arrested during demonstrations … Continuer la lecture →
On the 21st of November 2013, a collective deportation to Eastern Europe took place. A dozen people were taken to the detention centre 127bis in the late evening and put in detention . Very early in the next morning, they … Continuer la lecture →
Update 15/01 “Following the ‘encounter’ with the director of Vottem, five detainees were placed in solitary confinement and fifteen were transferred to other centres!!! The calm was restored! Since the evening of Saturday 11 January, the tension has been high … Continuer la lecture →
!Update: Update 18/01/2014 Mrs K was brought under escort to the 127bis closed centre in Steenokkerzeel the day before her departure. Around 7 p.m she noticed that she was losing blood. She warned the staff of the centre. She was … Continuer la lecture →
A few stories of women in the centres: A lot of women are ringing us these days to denounce the situation of their co-detainees in the closed centres of Bruges and Steenokkerzeel. A climate that is harsh and heavy. On … Continuer la lecture →
01/01/2014 Evasions : another well kept secret: They are not in public statistics ! But fortunately they exist. Sometimes with the complicity of remorseful guards . Merksplas : “The past six months were prisoners attempted to escape : the … Continuer la lecture →
01/01/2014: Deport at any price just to increase the numbers! Evictions are daily and become more commonplace in the centres : ” Soon it will be my turn madame.” Many prisonners, after several months of detention and legal struggle comply … Continuer la lecture →
To evict you need a pass from the embassy of the country of destination. The Office put in every effort to achieve this, always contempt for man and woman, sometimes in defiance of the law (the law is the law” … Continuer la lecture →
Dublin procedure seems to be used indiscriminately by the Office des étrangers to prevent new claims and increase the number of evictions , but more curiously to increase figures of confinements ! During this procedure,e the refugee will be assisted … Continuer la lecture →
The Foreigners’ Office is the one that “registers the application and makes a few screenings ” before even handing the case over to the CGRA (Commissariat général aux réfugiés et apatrides – Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons). It … Continuer la lecture →
As long as the centres are saturated, it’s OK, the maximum turnover is being assured and the detention statistics climb ! Detention often lasts several months and is accompanied by blackmail, physical and / or psychological pressure. This in order … Continuer la lecture →
When the centres are full and deportations are accelerated to their limits, how otherwise make increase the figures wonders Maggie ? A three-letter solution (voters, like dogs, remember short names easily) , that’s good: OQT. Order to leave the territory. … Continuer la lecture →
Arrests take place at all possible stages of the migrants’ journey without any coherence nor ethics, because it increases the figures! – The negative results of the regularisation campaign of 2009 fall daily. People who introduced a regularisation request are … Continuer la lecture →
Update: 13/01: les travaux de peinture ont commencé dans l’aile 1. Même que certains détenus y participent et seraient payer pour leur travail (en noir?) Ce matin l’aile 1 du centre fermé 127bis à Steenokkerzeel a été vidée de ses … Continuer la lecture →
O1/O1/2014 Preamble : The detainees currently provide us with very little information on the situation in the closed centres (detention centres) it is only once released or deported that tongues are loosened and that they give us the information they … Continuer la lecture →
As long as the centres are saturated, it’s OK, the maximum turnover is being assured and the detention statistics climb ! Detention often lasts several months and is accompanied by blackmail, physical and / or psychological pressure. This in order … Continuer la lecture →
To evict you need a pass from the embassy of the country of destination. The Office put in every effort to achieve this, always contempt for man and woman, sometimes in defiance of the law (the law is the law” … Continuer la lecture →
The Foreigners’ Office is the one that “registers the application and makes a few screenings ” before even handing the case over to the CGRA (Commissariat général aux réfugiés et apatrides – Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons). It … Continuer la lecture →
Arrests take place at all possible stages of the migrants’ journey without any coherence nor ethics, because it increases the figures! – The negative results of the regularisation campaign of 2009 fall daily. People who introduced a regularisation request are … Continuer la lecture →
Dublin procedure seems to be used indiscriminately by the Office des étrangers to prevent new claims and increase the number of evictions , but more curiously to increase figures of confinements ! During this procedure,e the refugee will be assisted … Continuer la lecture →
01/01/2014: Deport at any price just to increase the numbers! Evictions are daily and become more commonplace in the centres : ” Soon it will be my turn madame.” Many prisonners, after several months of detention and legal struggle comply … Continuer la lecture →
On the 21st of November 2013, a collective deportation to Eastern Europe took place. A dozen people were taken to the detention centre 127bis in the late evening and put in detention . Very early in the next morning, they … Continuer la lecture →
When the centres are full and deportations are accelerated to their limits, how otherwise make increase the figures wonders Maggie ? A three-letter solution (voters, like dogs, remember short names easily) , that’s good: OQT. Order to leave the territory. … Continuer la lecture →
On Sunday 8th December in the afternoon, cheerful chaps gathered in front of the 127bis closed centre in Steenokkerzeel. After they exchanged a few words with the detainees who were in the yard, the guards rapidly had the detainees go … Continuer la lecture →
In four closed centres, hunger strikes have been started by prisoners in protest against the death of a young man from the Ivory Coast in the closed centre of Bruges on 5 December, and out of solidarity with the people … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur N , Afghan, va être mis sur un vol KLM vers Amsterdam ce 10/12/2013 Il y a 8 ans qu’il vit en Belgique. Demande d’asile, demande de régularisation n’ont pas été accepté. Il est enfermé au centre fermé 127 … Continuer la lecture →
Update: Meneer B phone us: He was deported this morning and they let hem free in Venice (Italy) without paper and money! Mr B is Algerian. He risks his life if he goes back to his native country. He … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a man in the group of people deported to Guinea http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/testimony-by-a-man-in-the-group-of-people-deported-to-guinea-on-the-24th-of-april-2013/ These flights are not divulgated to anyone by the authorities and seem to be state secret. Nevermind, information is gathered on these acts of repression which were … Continuer la lecture →
On 5 December, a detainee of the closed centre of Bruges was found dead in his cell. Although no light has been made yet on the circumstances of his death, one can but notice that another person has succumbed to … Continuer la lecture →
Hier matin, un jeune homme originaire de la Côte d’Ivoire a été retrouvé mort dans sa chambre au centre fermé pour étrangers de Bruges. L’enquête sur les circonstances du décès est en cours. La nouvelle s’est répandue, et dans plusieurs centres … Continuer la lecture →
Update 06/12 10 p;m A Bruges, la police est intervenue ce 06/12. Elle est restée dehors et a appelé plusieurs personnes un par un à l’extérieur. Trois personnes ont été Certains ont été mis en isolement, trois autres transférés vers … Continuer la lecture →
Update 04/12: Thirty Congolese (men and women) were placed on a military flight, each one escorted by three police officers. More info to come. Update 04/12 9:45 a.m. 15 women and 38 men from Congo in the closed centre. The … Continuer la lecture →
First the bad news The 17 Congolese at the 127 bis are in mourning: the mother of one of them died yesterday night in Angola. He had not seen her for years and has been retained in the closed centre … Continuer la lecture →
Proposition to fax/mail to SN Airlines here Austrian Airlines refuse to collaborate with a new deportation of a Gambian boy living in Vienna. The actvists in Vienna thinks he will be deportated the follow time with the collaboration of SN … Continuer la lecture →
24/11/2013 Mr M has been living in Gent for three years. For several months he has been locked up in Bruges. He will undergo his second deportation attempt on the 24th of November. He can’t return to Guinea because of … Continuer la lecture →
Lots of Congolese in the closed centers at the moment. They had heard about a mass expulsion plan but the rumour seemed to be wrong, instead they observe now that each on his turn got expelled on civil flights. A … Continuer la lecture →
11/11/2013 The fight of the Congolese in the closed centres: Since the grouped flight that brought 10 Congolese and our Minister De Crem to Congo on 27th October 2013, around 30 Congolese are still detained in our closed centres in … Continuer la lecture →
At the closed centre of Bruges, in the morning of October 6th, everything was terrible. No usual breakfast, on purpose, so that they find me in the weakest possible state. As if I was going to pass on the electric … Continuer la lecture →
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06/11/2013 A new grouped flight towards the DRC threatens the closed centers. The Congolese ambassador is coming on Thursday 8/11 to visit the 127bis and identify the 20 detainees, 7 women and 13 men. A few quotes from the prisonners … Continuer la lecture →
5/11/2013 The flames of anger remain in the coldness of the closed centers. They consumed a sheet in a cell on Monday night in the closed centre of Vottem, as voices rose louder and louder against the detention conditions. Accident … Continuer la lecture →
Update 08/11: they were 6 people on the airport to speak to the passengers. We have no news of the afghan boy. He do not answer anymore. It is the fourth Afghan who disparate in one week time! For several … Continuer la lecture →
First art here 31/10/2013 These news have been collected from testimonies of people expelled or locked up. Thirty congolese were brought from other closed centers to the 127bis with the intention of a collective expulsion to the DRC the 27 … Continuer la lecture →
Update 31/10: Around ten people were taken and bring to the airport yesterday evening We learn that many Albanesen / Kosovars in the center 127bis arrived in the last days They are put for the time (29/10 1p.m;) in isolation … Continuer la lecture →
A young Afghan who was imprisoned for three months in the 127bis is deported. He was put on a first flight in the morning. He refused,and was put the same day on another flight with force , accompanied by a … Continuer la lecture →
We learn that a flight collective deportation will be held this Sunday, October 27.Several Congolese (s) of different detention centers are currently gathered in closed center 127aImpossible to know the details of these flights.A call turns to go protest and … Continuer la lecture →
24/10 The 162 Afghans arrested with violence during actions this week were released due to a shortage of places in the detention centers (Link: yahoo.skynet.be / actualites / politique /) Many other Afghans who do not participate in the actions,were … Continuer la lecture →
22/10/2013 Heavy repression of a demonstration of Afghans today in Brussels http://kabulblogs.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/belgium-police-charge-peaceful-afghan-refugees-in-belgium-today/ 170 very violent , many of them will be bring tomorrow to the closed centers. Today there were 50 Afghans in detention centers which 15 were arrested during … Continuer la lecture →
Deportation: Mrs S was expelled onthe sly to Togo . http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/deportation-at-any-price/ She underwent serious violence committed by the Belgian escort during the eviction . On her arrival in Lome , she was taken to the hospital. She filed a complaint … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs S., of Togolese origin, was deported by the Foreigners Office on October 6th. It was the third deportation attempt on her and it was done in secret to avoid any resistance or mobilisation. She was isolated Saturday 5th of … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a woman retained in the closed centre of Bruges for 4 months and then released. (FR) [audio:http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/La-terre-appartient-à-personne.mp3|titles=La terre appartient à personne] I swear there were pregnant women. One of them lost her baby in the stairs (it was … Continuer la lecture →
google translation: Closed center “The Refuge“: 32 women, of different origins have dressed in the colors of Nigeria, have gathered and have a few minutes of silence held for Semira Adamu, then they sang for her memorial. their message: “In … Continuer la lecture →
Testimonyin English of a man who was in Merksplas during a hongerstrike in september 2013 Greve merksplas So, I was for 2 months in Merksplas, and during these two months what I see, it’s a place they call centre but … Continuer la lecture →
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Short report from the deportation centre, from someone inside. It is very bad in the deportation centre. the deportation centre is more bad than the prison. if you go to the prison you know why. there is a reason and … Continuer la lecture →
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They left their ties in search of no matter what, and after a long journey that may be disastrous, they find themselves face to face with the cold and cruel welcome of the West that goes on looting their home … Continuer la lecture →
No engl translation yet Monsieur B, Camerounais demande notre aide pour empêcher sa deuxième tentative d’expulsion ce dimanche 29/09/2013. Il est chez nous depuis 2008 et devait se marier. Il s’est fait arrêter lors d’un de ses passages à … Continuer la lecture →
Update 23/09 5 p.m. A second Afghan from the closed center of Merksplas will be deported on the same fly Maggy De Block has declared to the media that 12 Afghans have been deported in 2011, 18 in 2012 and … Continuer la lecture →
Engl transl? Update 21/09: Cinq prisonniers ont été mis au cachot hier soir. Le directeur est venu menacé les grévistes de la faim et leur a dit que si ils continuent leur mouvement il appellerait à nouveau la police. Vingt … Continuer la lecture →
Tension has been really high for several weeks in the closed centre of Steenokkerzeel. The attention of some detainees is concentrated on the worrying situation of some of them. Last week a detainee of Palestinian origin who had been … Continuer la lecture →
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Googletransl Testimony of a woman during her second deportation attempt sikatémoignage It was last Sunday on August 11 , I had my second deportation attempt. We left the center at 9:30 am , with the drivers as usual, with guards … Continuer la lecture →
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43 detainees of the 127bis closed centre stopped feeding themselves today. They claim for the hospitalisation of a Palestinian co-detainee who has been on hunger strike for 11 days and who is not well at all. The management of the … Continuer la lecture →
Transcript of a phone call by a detainee in Steenokkerzeel “This is not normal at all Madam, It is not a prison here, it is a waiting room and for somme even a death row. A closed waiting room. No … Continuer la lecture →
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Some detainees have told us that SN Airlines Agents ‘paid a visit’ to a few detainees in a closed centre on September 3rd 2013. They asked to see the file of several Africans to be deported soon and who had … Continuer la lecture →
Update: On 08/25 9.30 p.m., at least two Congolese women were placed in confinement with no reason and not allowed to warn anyone. Women in the centre are very worried and fear a surprise deportation for them. Togo, Congo, … Continuer la lecture →
Translation nead 22/08/2013: Témoignage d’une dame séropositive et diabétique enfermée à Bruges et en voie d’expulsion: L’Office des Étrangers ma demandent de rentrer mourir “Bonjour Madame, Je suis enfermée à Bruges depuis un mois, j’ai été arrêtée à Liège. Les … Continuer la lecture →
He is 17, Guinean. He came to Belgium when he was 12. He had been to Switzerland with a girl friend. The Swiss police brought him back to Belgium. He was told to go to the Foreigners Office; which he … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur A est Sénégalais. Il y a 10 ans qu’il est en Belgique. Il y a plus de 2 mois qu’il est enfermé au centre fermé de Merksplas. Quatre fois déjà l’Office a essayé de l’expulser. A chaque fois son … Continuer la lecture →
Moroccans, Algerians, Tunisians, Palestinians, Pakistani, Guineans, Congolese, Bulgarians, Afghans… They are being arrested at the Foreigners Office, at home, on the street, at work, etc. Every day, newcomers are being told ‘you must leave’. Some 30 Afghans are now detained … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a man who was subjected to a third and a fourth deportation attempt April 2013. Finally he was free Ils m’ont marché dessus What happened yesterday? Yesterday I was brought to the airport for a third deportation under … Continuer la lecture →
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He has been living here for 14 years. He has a girlfriend whit whom he’s had a child (8 months) that he recognised and they are expecting a second baby. To settle their situation, they went to the commune of … Continuer la lecture →
Update 03/08 Selon Gassama, son expulsion a été annulée car il n’a pas de laissez-passer. Il semblerait aussi que les assistantes sociales à Merksplas font du zèle pour briser la résistance des réfugiés en leur annonçant des expulsions qui … Continuer la lecture →
31/07/2013 -About the worthlessness of detention centres Many are currently being picked up at home very early in the morning, regardless of their nationality, by the local/federal police on the authority of the Foreigners’ Office SEFOR Service, because they had … Continuer la lecture →
Update: Mr Bah en another guinees man where deported in a prive flyer and many policeman! without passanger!!!!! Call for international support: Resist deportation of 72-days-hungerstriker http://deportatieverzet.nl/call-for-international-support-resist-deportation-of-72-days-hungerstriker/#more-1018 For the fifth time, the Dutch state will try to deport … Continuer la lecture →
They are being retained in the Caricole. They came from Sri Lanka to seek asylum. They are Tamil, an ethnic minority being discriminated against by the Sinhalese majority. They were not able to explain their situation correctly during their interview … Continuer la lecture →
After the threat of group deportation flights to Kabul, 200 to 300 Afghans have launched one week of awareness-raising in the Church of Le Béguinage in Brussels on the 15th July 2013. They want to stand up against these deportations … Continuer la lecture →
Mr A has been detained for 8 months in Belgian closed centres. He was arrested in November 2012. On March 15th, on his return to the closed centre of Merkspas after a third deportation attempt, he had an argument with … Continuer la lecture →
10/07 Een Afghan man free, Ten new Afghans are in the closed center of Bruges. It is more and more sure ther will be a collectif flight (with the Netherlands?) 07/07 15 Afghans are in the closed centrum 127 bis … Continuer la lecture →
pendant les rassemblements contre les groupes d’extrème droite qui ont tué Clément . http://www.streetpress.com/sujet/94794-quand-la-police-met-barbes-en-etat-de-siege-pour-rafler-des-sans-papiers http://millebabords.org/spip.php?article23781 Quand la police met Barbès en état de siège pour rafler des sans-papiers Mathieu Molard le 13 06 2013 Jeudi 6 juin, plus de 80 … Continuer la lecture →
Mr M has been retained in the closed centre of Vottem for almost 4 months. He arrived in Belgium three years ago. They already tried to deport him a first time but it failed. His lawyer introduced an appeal to … Continuer la lecture →
Really, it is a bad taste serial story that goes on and on… While around 30 Congolese people coming from Belgium, Ireland, France and Germany were deported on a Frontex flight to Congo last week, this Sunday 23rd of June, … Continuer la lecture →
26/06: Mr Bah is back! Yesterday, the Dutch immigration service tried to deport mr Bah for the second time to Guinea and once again, the deportation failed! He was taken to Brussels Airport by two blinded busses, one with him, … Continuer la lecture →
24/06: We were around twenty people making noise in front of the airport so that the deported people could hear us. The Foreigners Office misled us: the same evening, around 20 other Congolese were gathered at the 127bis centre (where … Continuer la lecture →
The secret was well kept, a state secret as one can imagine, and we learnt later that the flight was chartered by FRONTEX (the European agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders) and organised by Belgium … Continuer la lecture →
16/06 10 a.m;: flight will be on 6 pm to day Between 30 and 40 people of Congolese origin are going to be taken on a collective flight this Sunday (tomorrow). They have been taken to several closed centres … Continuer la lecture →
10/06/2013 It seems that a majority of arrests, detentions and deportations are currently reserved for Morrocans and Tunisians. It seems that the Foreigners’ Office is again targeting both nationalities, after having bothered Guineans, Albanians, Kosovars and many others before. Today, … Continuer la lecture →
07/06 5p.m.: the deportation is annulated. We do not know why.the state secrets are well guarded Mr A has been detained for 7 months in Belgian closed centres. He was arrested in November 2012. On March 15th, on his return … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur A va subir une deuxième tentative d’expulsion ce 7 juin Vol (TK1942) Il vit depuis 5 ans en Belgique avec sa future femme. Il est enfermé dans le centre de Merksplas depuis plus de deux mois. Il demande depuis … Continuer la lecture →
Listen to the testimony (FR) : Expulsion: Ils ont suivit la procédure! So, you were deported at the beginning of the week, weren’t you? You were at the closed centre in Bruges, what happened? Yes I was. On the 15th … Continuer la lecture →
Bruges On the 23rd of May, prisoners in Bruges went on a hunger strike. http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/general-hunger-strike-at-the-bruges-detention-centre/ According to the news we got today, the police arrived in big number this morning and searched all the prisoners of the centre and their … Continuer la lecture →
Update: At 9 a.m are many police in the centre The people detained at the detention centre in Bruges ‘De Refuge’ on wings A, B, C and D have informed us that they have today, 23 May 2013, begun a … Continuer la lecture →
Audio: audio vol collectif Hello, you were deported on the collective flight in April 2013, weren’t you? Can you tell us what happened? Yes I was. Well, it happened on the Tuesday. I didn’t even know I had a flight. … Continuer la lecture →
Three men had managed to escape from the detention center of Bruges 06/05. We learn that they have left the country for warmer skies. They feel free and are happy!
The women who had started a hunger strike on 7th of May in the closed centre in Bruges suspended their action on the 9th of May after strong pressure from the management. http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/break-out-and-hunger-strikes-in-the-closed-centre-of-bruges/ They wanted to meet journalists to denounce … Continuer la lecture →
http://deportatieverzet.nl/ CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKERS IN DETENTION CENTERS IN THE NETHERLANDS public indictment against the system of repression we call Fortress Europe. About 60 asylum seekers in detention center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have been in … Continuer la lecture →
Update 10/05: http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/strategie-de-la-peur-dans-le-centre-ferme-de-bruges-greve-de-la-faim-suspendue-solidarite/ Update: 08/05 Around 50 are on a hunger strike and they are extremely united. A few women do not strike, either because they are pregnant or sick. The management seems to currently accept the action, the only … Continuer la lecture →
The major detention places Thousands of dead along the borders of Europe New cart 2014 Carte actualisée 10/2014 : http://www.humanite.fr/de-leurope-forteresse-leurope-carcerale-554266
Closed centres, our camps for migrants May 2018 Three new detention centres What are the detention centres in Belgium? Detention centres : Info texts Site ADDE : Détention en vue d’éloignement Camps in Europe Migrations in the World-map
some-scheming-by-the-immigration-office-21102018-update/ Ongoing deportations Collectif deportations News from here News from elsewhere Struggle stories
Ces dernières semaines, nous avons eu des nouvelles de l’intérieur du centre par le biais d’une personne enfermée dans le cra 2 qui a appelé sur le téléphone de l’émission de radio Sans papiers ni frontières. Il a malheureusement été … Continuer la lecture →
Encore une victoire totale pour les Sages de l’Office des Étrangers et leur Oracle irréfragable : une fois encore, la Loi et les Citoyens leur auront donné satisfecit, et nul renégat n’aura osé s’écarter de Leurs Voies Impénétrables pour contester … Continuer la lecture →
La semaine dernière, Frontex, l’”agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures”, annonçait fièrement dans son rapport annuel que “les franchissements irréguliers des frontières extérieures de l’UE ont été divisés par deux en 2012 grâce aux … Continuer la lecture →
Mr TM arrived from Cameroon 3 years ago. He was 20 years old. He was arrested in January 2013 and has been detained ever since in our detention centres, firstly in Merksplas, then in Vottem and currently in Bruges. On … Continuer la lecture →
For several weeks, Guinean and Senegalese people had been detained in Belgian closed centres. We heard a lot of testimonies during that detention period, both from the people concerned and from worried co-detainees. It was not that difficult to see … Continuer la lecture →
Guinean woman arrested on 15/04, probably for the collective flight to Guinea and Senegal. She was released on 25/04 due to an urgent appeal by his lawyer Testimony je leur ai dit que j’avais pas de papiers Download testimony – … Continuer la lecture →
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On the 21 of april a few hundred people demonstranted in front of the closed center 127bis in Steenokkerzeel. They oppose the dentention of a few dozens of Guineans in diffrent detention prisons around Belgium, possibly with … Continuer la lecture →
Eighteen Guineans have been on hunger strike for two days at the dentention centre 127bis. They have been joined by an unknown number of other prisonners as a mark of solidarity. For several months, tens of Guineans have been arrested … Continuer la lecture →
Mister A will go through his second deportation attempt to his country of origin, Turkey, tomorrow 17th of April. He has been detained in the closed centre of Vottem for two weeks. Mister A has been living in Belgium … Continuer la lecture →
While around 60 people are busy walking through Belgium in order to show their determination in fighting against fascit and racist policies, others are confronted head-on with repression. Around thirty Guineans are gathered in six prisons for foreigners in … Continuer la lecture →
Mr B will be subjected to a second deportation attempt on 13th April (FLIGHT TK1942) He is 38 years old and has been living in Belgium with his family for 10 years. The police violently arrested him at his house … Continuer la lecture →
Even if an important solidarity rises up between prisoners, we seldom come to hear of real actions to be set up from the inside. Certain centres are very repressive and it is becoming increasingly hard to know what is going … Continuer la lecture →
Violence in the centres On the 15th March, a man who was coming back from the closed centre of Merksplas after a third deportation attempt had an altercation with the manager of the centre. The security was called. He was … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony of an attempt to evict of a lady from the Ivory Coast, arrested on arrival at the airport and detained in the closed centre Caricole. Finally she did get deported to Egypt during another eviction attempt. la seule différence … Continuer la lecture →
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https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/ Two days ago, two detainees in Coquelle detention center started a hungerstrike, that was today joined by 4 other detainees. The refusal of food is, as many other hungerstrikes that have been held in Coquelle so far, a protest … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur M a résisté à son expulsion: des passagers ont réagit sur le vol vers Duala. Mr M a été sortit de l’avion sur ordre du commandant de bord. L’Office s’est empressé de le remettre tout de suite après sur … Continuer la lecture →
3 Avril: Après le vol annulé Monsieur B a entamé une grève de la faim ce 1 avril pour réclamé sa libération : Il a été libéré ce 3 Avril Monsieur B , enfermé au centre fermé de Vottem depuis … Continuer la lecture →
Nous publions ci-dessous deux textes diffusés par un collectif de soutien crée suite à l’évasion de quatre personnes du centre de rétention administrative de Palaiseau (région parisienne) en décembre 2012. Ils racontent le procès d’Ibrahim, accusé de violences dans le … Continuer la lecture →
A man has been detained in the closed centre of Vottem for 4 months. He insists to have an interview. They were supposed to release him on March 14th, after 4 months of detention. He was told that his detention … Continuer la lecture →
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Good news first Seven prisoners escaped from the closed centre of Merksplas during the night. The screws noticed their disappearance early morning. The escapees were already far away, vanished into thin air! One prisoner for whom a second deportation attempt … Continuer la lecture →
Réseaux transnationaux https://alarmphone.org/en/ : Hotline for boatpeople in distress. No rescue, but Alarm https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/ The No Border Assembly is a Berlin based weekly meeting-space to organize resistance against borders and deportations. https://www.facebook.com/Niemandisillegaal https://www.instagram.com/niemand.is.illegaal/ http://www.w2eu.info . w2eu.info provides information to refugees … Continuer la lecture →
The annual march organised by CRACPE in front of the closed centre of Vottem in Liège will take place on March 17th. The testimonies of the centre’s detainees confirm the horror of imprisonments in general and more specifically here of … Continuer la lecture →
12/03/2013: they are deported to Bulgarie after a long stop in isolation in the closed centre 127 bis Testimony here:[audio:http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Enreg002.mp3|titles=Bulgares donc voleurs] They were four in their car on the highway near Antwerp. One police car was following them, then … Continuer la lecture →
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We have more and more contacts with deported people who, as soon as they arrived to their country of origin gave themselves the means, within a few months, to do the return trip and come back here. « They have got … Continuer la lecture →
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15/02/2013: Mr Traore is free today. 10 days illegal detention for Mr Traore. Thousands days of illegitime detention for the others Freedom for all. Nobody is illegal. Mr Traoré, of Guinean origin, has been living in Belgium since 2004. He … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a Guinean man detained in the closed centre of Vottem for 3 months. Listen (FR) : Ils donnent des pots de vin pour obtenir des laissez-passer You have been at the Vottem closed centre for three months already, … Continuer la lecture →
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A small click to try and prevent another deportation of someone detained in Vottem. This action has been agreed with his friends and family. Petition link: https://www.lapetition.be/petition.php?petid=12531 Petition: NO to the deportation of Patou NGOYI Mr Patou NGOYI is 30 … Continuer la lecture →
12/02/2013: He was deported on the SN Airlines flight to Rome. He was handcuffed, scotchtaped and escorted by ten police officers. He was ill-treated and he was physically and morally broken when he got to Rome. He then had to … Continuer la lecture →
The Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration is concerned about employment in Wallonia Maggie De Block paid a visit to the centre of shame in Vottem last Friday. It is interesting to see how the media call the centre … Continuer la lecture →
“Please Sir do something for us, I’m begging you Sir. We are living in dreadful conditions here. We are scared. Some women have been here for two, three, four months. It is awful here. We can not give our name, … Continuer la lecture →
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Nous apprenons que 7 prisonniers se sont évadés du centre fermé de Merksplas la nuit du 2 au 3 février. Ils étaient déjà bien loin quand le personnel du centre s’est rendu compte de ces évasions et que les recherches … Continuer la lecture →
Mounir should have been deported by our Office of Shame on 31 January. http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/violent-deporation/ They had used considerable resources: raid of 15 police officers, some of them in plain clothes, the night before at the closed centre of Vottem, he … Continuer la lecture →
Detainees in the closed centre of Vottem warned us that Mounir had just been taken by force (30/01 08.00 p.m) by 15 plain clothes officers, that he was mistreated, scotch-taped, beaten and brought to an isolation cell. He is now … Continuer la lecture →
URGENT: second deportation attempt of a Palestinian asylum seeker Mohammed came from Egypt with a visa for Romania. He was arrested while in transit and detained in the Caricole centre where he requested asylum. The Foreigners Office considers that Romania … Continuer la lecture →
Merksplas: Fifteen days ago: the riot police organised a raid with dogs in the closed centre. They were very harsh and beated the detainees event in the centre’s mosk. Some detainees showed resistance and 6 of them were put into … Continuer la lecture →
SMS 16/01/2013 from Kumar after his deportation: “Sir I’m in Nepal now. It’s bad luck I’m in jail.” 22/02/2013 : new text from Kumar deported on January 15th “I was released yesterday. I had to pay 1,500€ and I will … Continuer la lecture →
SANCTIONS: Imprisonment of illegals is the first and foremost sanction: “You are illegal, then prison is your place!”. Other sanctions that are proper to any imprisonment add themselves to it: physical and psychological mistreatment, blackmail, isolation cell, etc. that end … Continuer la lecture →
Kumar has been detained in the 127bis centre for more than 4 months. He was swindled by the promises of regularisation in 2009, and the State refused to grant him a residence permit and kept him imprisoned during 4 months, … Continuer la lecture →
Jamal, ami et résistant en lutte pour la régularisation de tous les sans papiers se fait expulser demain sur le vol AT839 départ 12h45 vers Casablanca (embarcation 2h avant) Air Maroc. RV à l’aéroport pour parler aux passagers ce samedi … Continuer la lecture →
“BACK TO LIFE AFTER CHRISTMAS AT CARICOLE” A man wrote to us that he came to Belgium to celebrate the Christmas with his sister and had a valid visa. He was arrested at the airport, detained in the Caricole centre … Continuer la lecture →
28/01/2013: Dallah was deported during the third attempt: Dallah was deported “hancuffed and everything, there was nothing I could do”. Back home, he was remanded in custody for 24 hours and a friend on the spot could negotiate his release … Continuer la lecture →
We the detainees of Vottem Closed Center wish to denounce the inhumanity of our arrests, detentions and deportations. We were all arrested at our home or our work place. We have all been living in Belgium for several years. Some … Continuer la lecture →
Kumar is currently locked in 127 bis. More than 03 months the government kept him in the detention center and they want him return to Nepal, the country of his origin at any cost, In spite of all his efforts … Continuer la lecture →
It often happens that courts decide on the release of an undocumented person from a closed centre because the detention has been too long, inappropriate, there was no risk of escape, etc. Systematically, our authorities – i.e the Foreigners Office, … Continuer la lecture →
Here are all the posters of Getting The Voice Out Print and distribute Widely! Stop à l’indifférence, ouvrons des brèches ! FR A3 – FR A5 Let’s break the wall of indifference ! ENG A3 – ENG A5 Sloop the … Continuer la lecture →
We were in contact with 7 people in Belgian closed centers. In the days preceding the deportation they were all taken to the 127bis center near the airport. The day before the deportation 8 people were brought into a room … Continuer la lecture →
20/12/2012 Kumar was not released by the indictment chamber. For the Court, K should be kept imprisoned while waiting for his deportation. In spite of the non-existence of a passport or other documents proving his identity, Europe has made him … Continuer la lecture →
20/12 Our Brazilian friend detained in Merskplas since October had been released by the Court this morning on 20/12. He was really happy. But then the news fell: he will have to stay in Merksplas and go to see new … Continuer la lecture →
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Urgent call for mobilisation – this Saturday December 8th at 04:00 p.m around Vottem. The aim is to intensify our weekly presence in order to support a person of Russian origin who has been detained for 4 months. Mr Andrey … Continuer la lecture →
07/12: 8 people were transferred from other Belgian centres to the 127bis the days before. The other 16 were bring the morning of the deportation from other countrys. It was a FRONTEX flight.?? 06/12: Latest news: 24 persons were foreseen … Continuer la lecture →
01/12 M is not deported. He is now in isolation in closed centrum 127bis Mr M, being held in the 127bis detention centre will be subjected to his third deportation attempt this Friday 30/11/2012. He is Libyan and has requested … Continuer la lecture →
They were a few solidary people in one of the blocks in Merksplas. They had been living together for several weeks and were peacefully fighting against discrimination every day. “Each and every one deserve their dignity” they said. Three of … Continuer la lecture →
The duration of a detention period is a complex matter…In effect, it seems that someone can be imprisoned for an unlimited period of time… As soon as a person is moved from one detention centre to another, or if they … Continuer la lecture →
Demain, mercredi 21/11, S, d’origine marocaine et résidant en Belgique depuis 40 ans, sera expulsé vers Rome par le vol SN 3181 de 14h20. Arrivé en Belgique à l’age de 3 ans, il a toute sa vie ici, et aucune … Continuer la lecture →
Email from the friend of a detainee in the closed centre 127bis in Steenokkerzeel 18/11/2012 We met through the internet in August 2009. Every day we had contacts by email and telephone. He came to see me on January 19th … Continuer la lecture →
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7/11/12 Interview of a father living with his family in a return house. We haven’t had any news from them since the interview. 21/11: Family is always in Zulte! Listen here in Nederlands: ITW NL_01 Since when have you been … Continuer la lecture →
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Some news from the closed centres and deportations in Belgium. Arrestations and imprisonments are very very fast and most of the times arbitrary. Even though prisoners are submitted to blackmail and threats on a daily basis and many do not … Continuer la lecture →
Mr BG arrived in Belgium when he was 14. He went to school and then worked. He is 24 now. He has been detained in the closed centre of Merskplas for 2 months. He was supposed to go to the … Continuer la lecture →
We learnt that among them was a man who had been living in Belgium for 15 years and was separated from his wife and 5 years old son. Another Albanian was visiting Brussels as a tourist. He has his own … Continuer la lecture →
Vendredi 16 novembre 2012 à 18 heures Pondre une énième réforme pour enfermer et expulser toujours plus d’étrangers (allongement du contrôle d’identité à 16 heures) semble être aussi normal que de se demander ce qu’on va manger ce soir. Enfermer … Continuer la lecture →
Mr VS and his son, 20 years old, have been deported to their country of origin. The father was handed over to the Armenian authorities and put to jail, waiting for a trial he had fled. His son is waiting … Continuer la lecture →
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He resist, hands and feets bound, his deportation attempt. His wife and daughter were (alone!) at the airport to talk to passengers. The passengers refused to sit down. Finally, the captain decided not to expel him on his flight! Mr. … Continuer la lecture →
Vidéo : from day action before closed centre in Brugge http://youtu.be/rM0A3vxd3b8
Mr AP is 67 years old. He has lived in Belgium for 12 Years, close to his children. He obtained a 5-year residence card in 2006. This card was recently withdrawn. He was arrested in September and taken to the … Continuer la lecture →
He arrived in Belgium as a minor as his family in Afghanistan had all died. The only family he has left have lived in Belgium for several years. He comes from a region that has been deemed ‘safe’. However, the … Continuer la lecture →
Interview of a man arrested at the airport of Brussels and imprisoned in the closed centre “Caricole” and then in the closed centre of Vottem. His asylum request was rejected in spite of all the evidence of persecutions he was … Continuer la lecture →
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ENGL TRANSLATION WELCOM! Suite à l’action devant le centre fermé de Bruges ce 20/10/2012 , http://bxl.indymedia.org/articles/5474, http://bxl.indymedia.org/articles/5464, nous avons reçu des dizaines d’appels des personnes enfermées dans le centre, pendant et après l’action. Nous avons eu l’occasion de faire sortir … Continuer la lecture →
Dear I want to tell you something about the detention center of Merksplas. This happened yesterday and today. A detainee told me and I wanted you to be informed as well. Yesterday during dinner, something happened to a boy, named … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur G K est Arménien, il a 20 ans, arrivé en Belgique il y a quatre ans comme MENA (mineur non accompagné) il vivait à La Louvière où il avait tissé de bons liens d’amitié avec des belges. Il a … Continuer la lecture →
Nobody dares to talk. “As soon as one talks, one gets into trouble and is punished”. No one dares to make phone calls: they are told that phones are tapped! Those who ring us from the outside generally speak on … Continuer la lecture →
What follows is not the description of a futuristic movie, nor is it the description of a well hidden place in a remote region of a totalitarian country or a far-fetched story; what follows is the description of a place … Continuer la lecture →
Appel d’un ex détenu du centre fermé de Vottem : Monsieur D a été mis au cachot à l’instant pour une deuxième tentative d’expulsion ce 06/10/2012 à 13h10 13:10 SN217* Conakry Prévu 13:10 01.1 13:10 AC6346 Conakry Prévu 13:10 01.1 13:10 … Continuer la lecture →
Some seventy friends, colleagues, and Afghans friends were at the airport at 6 am Monday. Unheard of! Despite this strong mobilization the Foreign Office did not hesitate to deportate W. Hoping that the mobilization will think twice before taking an … Continuer la lecture →
(Can somebody translate it???You send it to gettingthevoiceout@vluchteling.be) “La machine à expulser fonctionne bien chez vous” nous dit un détenu!… » “Tout ce qu’on peut faire est combattre pour garder surface” “Après quelques jours on choisit la résignation” “Pour … Continuer la lecture →
Il a fuit la Guinée et a demandé l’asile. L’office a décidé de l’expulser vers son pays. Ce sont ses co- détenus du centre de Vottem qui nous ont prévenus de sa mise au cachot cet après midi. Ce monsieur … Continuer la lecture →
September 20 2012 : Phone Interview of a militant of the group SP Belgium, detained in the Merksplas centre in Flanders. He got arrested because he was not wearing his seat belt. ( http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/empechons-l-expulsion-dun-militant-du-collectif-des-sans-papiers/ ) He refused his first deportation … Continuer la lecture →
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Mr M F, who has been detained in the Merskpas centre for 5 months, will experience a second deportation attempt this Friday September 21st, on Brussels Airlines Flight 357 at 10.40 a.m Mr M F arrived in Belgium in 2010. … Continuer la lecture →
Samedi 1er septembre, à 21h, le feu est mis à des matelas dans la salle commune du premier étage du centre de rétention. Le circuit électrique de la salle commune brûle entièrement, faisant exploser la télévision collective. En entendant crier … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur E qui devait subir la troisième tentative d’expulsion hier 18/08 a bel et bien été expulsé vers Cotonou. Appel ici Suite à un contact au Bénin nous avons appris le nouveau mode d’emploi de nos autorités pour réussir une … Continuer la lecture →
Troisième tentative d’expulsion de B H Monsieur B H , de Guinée, résidant en Belgique depuis 7 ans, sera expulsé sous escorte ce samedi vers Conakry . Monsieur a connu les centres fermé de Merksplas, le 127 bis et Vottem. … Continuer la lecture →
Pendant que les touristes se prélassent au bord de l’eau , visitent le vieux port en chantier et sirotent leur pastis en attendant 2013, la machine à expulser poursuit son cours … Dans le centre de rétention, la tension monte. … Continuer la lecture →
26/07/2012 He was deproted to Quatar and after to Somalia because they do’nt believe he was from Somalia! Appeal for mobilsation to the airport here Interview during his detention: somalien_edit What do you want to say to the people from … Continuer la lecture →
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Imprisonments, deportations, flights with escorts. The rejection of populations who flee tragic situations in their countries and who would like to share the ‘democratic’ system of our developed countries is in full swing. The leaders of our Fortress Europe will … Continuer la lecture →
T was mistrated in the airport of Brussel. He is now “in the hands of the polisy in Guinee” T va, jour pour jour après 6 mois de détention, subir une tentative d’expulsion ce mardi 24/07. Ce sont ses … Continuer la lecture →
Interview with a woman whose companion is detained in Merksplas detention centre. He was detained after they introduced their request at the commune. They are being accused of a marriage of convenience. After 4 months in closed center Merksplas he … Continuer la lecture →
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One should know that there are no homogeneous regulations that rule the life in Belgian detention centres. It is internal rules of procedure, very different from one another that set the rules. This creates a difference in the harshness of … Continuer la lecture →
The centre in itself is a pathogenic middle, just like prison. A report by a psychiatrist written on the basis of testimonies by detainees of the centres of Bruges and 127bis asserts it: “In months following their release or deportation, … Continuer la lecture →
Apart from the reason for imprisonment, a detention centre looks very much like a prison. Moreover, before the entry into force of the first four detention centres in Belgium, in the years 1980, illegal people were ‘hosted’ in prisons. At … Continuer la lecture →
In total, one may assess that around 7,000 people per year are detained in the centres. Arrested at the borders (harbours or airports): The reasons why a foreigner may be turned back are many: not have the required documents in … Continuer la lecture →
There used to be six detention centres in Belgium. 700 people could be detained there at the same time. Closed centre for women in Holsbeek: ( 60 places) Official open on 07/05/2019 http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/action-contre-linauguration-du-centre-ferme-a-holsbeek-07052019/ Tél : +32 2 793 89 01.en … Continuer la lecture →
Detention centres are managed by the Foreign Office, a body that works under the authority of the Federal Internal Public Service. The Foreign Office “manages migration flows” and “applies the law of December 15 1980 and the Royal Decree of … Continuer la lecture →
I phone us from Istamboul. Ther was many polise near him. After the communication was broken Monsieur I est Camerounais. Il réside en Belgique depuis 2007. il est enfermé à Vottem et va subir une nouvelle tentative d’expulsion ce 18/07 … Continuer la lecture →
Ce mercredi 18 juillet, à 16h, mr A.F. va être expulsé vers la Somalie, son pays d’origine, en passant par le Qatar. Qatar Airways est la compagnie qui prendra cette fois en charge la vie de cet homme. Il est … Continuer la lecture →
read and sign de petitie FR,NL,ENG http://11668.lapetition.be/ http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/ils-me-cognaient-la-tete-contre-la-tablette-du-siege-fr-2/
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Ce samedi 14 juillet, Monsieur E N doit subir sa deuxième tentative d’expulsion vers Cotonou, Bénin, via le vol SN 231 de Brussels Airlines à 14h05. Monsieur N. est actuellement détenu au centre fermé de Vottem. Il vient de recevoir … Continuer la lecture →
H is in Afghanistan, secretly accommodated by a friend. Despite the unfailing endurance he has shown during the four years he spent in Belgium and the four months in detention centres, he gave up and is not well at all. … Continuer la lecture →
We do not have contact with P S. He was isolated saterdaynight to prepare him for his expulsion Like many he was declared not wanted by our Gouvernement The Aliens Branch of the Home Office has shown their incompetence to … Continuer la lecture →
07/07: no news from C 29/06 2012 – 13:40 3 ème tentative ! A peine 18 ans , Malien et rapatrié vers la Chine ! MOBILISATION GENERALE : C. ne peut et ne veut pas partir !!! HU 492 et SN 4115 … Continuer la lecture →
Mr. Mola Eddy, member of MIRGEC (Independent Movement for the Recognition of Congolese Genocide), was subjected to several violent deportation attempts before he was eventually deported on 20 June 2012. At each attempt he was mistreated by his Belgian escorts. … Continuer la lecture →
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http://11668.lapetition.be/ The father is deported in Teheran, the mother is in the hospital in Mechelen, and their son, 3 years and a half, is in a state of shock. The authorities continue to try to deport the mother ande the … Continuer la lecture →
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Against the use of local administrations by the Immigration Office (EN) Sign the petition ici The Belgian Immigration Office has put, as part of a trial, a permanently-based officer in all large towns in order to carry out its SEFOR … Continuer la lecture →
9 detainers escape from CRA Mesnil-Amelot 9 évasions du Mesnil-Amelot – 21 juin 2012 Aux dernières nouvelles, malgré l’hypersophistication des systèmes de sécurité, des portails magnétiques, de toutes les caméras de surveillance et du zèle (supposé) des gardien-ne-s du CRA, … Continuer la lecture →
Mrs A. C. C. has been detained in a closed center for six months (127 + 127bis), and she will be subject to her seventh deportation attempt this Thursday 28th of June. She left Cameroon because of real threats due … Continuer la lecture →
12/06/12 This is the testimony of an Iranian man who suffered extreme violence during his latest deportation. Two days later he was put in an isolation cell again to be deported to Turkey and then to Iran. Listen to the … Continuer la lecture →
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Demain, monsieur Muhamed Ali, Iranien, va subir une nouvelle tentative d’expulsion vers Istanbul, puis vers l’Iran…. Il y a deux jours, il a subit une autre tentative, au cours de laquelle les policiers l’ont violemment frappé. Il a témoigné de … Continuer la lecture →
21 juin, HU 492 et SN 4115 vers Beijing China 13;40 Présence à l’aéroport 11h40 h pour ceux qui peuvent! Nous avons été informés que K C, né le 14 fevrier 1994 est Malien et est prisonnier au centre fermé … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur Jean NGANGU MVUAMA est enfermé depuis 3 mois et demi à Merksplas, il va subir sa deuxième tentative d’expulsion demain à 10h40 depuis l’aéroport de Zaventem. Il refuse de retourner au Congo, où il n’a rien ni personne, sa … Continuer la lecture →
The Petition signez la pétition ici L’Office des Etrangers (OE) a mis, à titre d’expérience pilote, un de ses agents en permanence dans chacune des grandes villes afin de mener au mieux l’opération SEFOR (« sensibilize follow up and return ») de … Continuer la lecture →
29/05/2012 Interview of a Tunisian man who got deported to Tunisia. His companion and two of his children went to Tunisia to support him. Listen (FR) : J’ai 4 enfants belges I have four children who have the Belgian nationality. … Continuer la lecture →
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25/05/2012 A testimony of an Afghan man who was arrested after starting a hunger strike with 30 other persons to protest against the treatement of persons without papers in Belgium Listen (FR) : Ils veulent m’envoyer en Afghanistan_01 Hello, I … Continuer la lecture →
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Interview of a man detained in the closed centre of Merksplas. He got arrested when in transit from Morocco to England. He is living in England where he has had the refugee status for 10 years. Listen (FR) : Je … Continuer la lecture →
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We have heard about Kanote Cyri, Malian, born on February 14th 1994, living in the closed centre Le Caricole. He arrived to the airport on April 29th and was brought to the centre directly. Probably in the framework of the … Continuer la lecture →
It becomes tricky to make a list of the phone calls we get every day from the closed centres. Here are a few elements and questions from the interviews made in the closed centres on the Belgian way to … Continuer la lecture →
Monsieur Diallo, 54 ans a fini par “accepté” son expulsion hier sur Conakry. Il en avait marre de se battre. Le fait qu’il ait signé sur le document qu’on lui a présenté fera monter les statistiques belges de “retour … Continuer la lecture →
[ALERTE EXPULSION] – LOUIS Kevin Lamah, Guinéen, 22ans – 15/02/1990 Bruxelles Deuxième tentative d’expulsion pour Kevin le 07 juin par le vol SN217 de 14:30 à destination de Conakry. Kevin est enfermé au centre fermé de Merksplas depuis le 16 … Continuer la lecture →
05/06 Chaotic day in the 127bis Following several perturbations (two “uncooperative” refugees transferred from Vottem to 127bis, isolation of a man from the Ivory Coast and another one from Guinea who doesn’t eat nor drink since his arrival last week), … Continuer la lecture →
07/06 :Notre ami a été ramené au centre avec diverses sutures aux poignet et au cou. Il est toujours en isolement. Actuellement il refuse de manger et serait transféré dans un aure centre dans les prochains jours This Monday morning, … Continuer la lecture →
Mr Mola has been deportated with violence on 20 juni Testimony here http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/ils-mont-casse-les-chevilles/ petition and appeal here UPDATE 6/06: His deportation flight this morning was finally cancelled. He was first brought to the airport and then transferred to the closed … Continuer la lecture →
Videos actions from the closed centre 2009-2016 http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/videos-aktions-from-the-closed-centre-2009-2016/ Deportations vidéo The images are often unbearable but one must be aware of what happens daily to men and women on board airplanes. You could be the witnesses of such a scene … Continuer la lecture →
DEPORTATION NOTICE – ALOUIS KEVIN LAMAH 15/02/1990 Guinean, 22 years old – deportation to Conakry on 26/05/2012 Second deportation attempt for Kevin foreseen on May 26th on the collective flight AC6346 , LH5668, UA9998 , US5968 to Conakry, 02:30 p.m. … Continuer la lecture →
All information gathered from the closed centres for the last two weeks http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/ According to the prisoners of the closed centre 127bis, 90% of the detainees are DUBLIN 2 cases. They are being deported to the European country where they … Continuer la lecture →
Troisième tentative d’expulsion pour Fely T., Pasteur engagé aux côtés de Jean-Pierre BEMBA contre KABILA. En Belgique depuis 2009, où il a sa mère (Belge) malade, ses frères et soeurs, ainsi que sa femme et ses 2 enfants, il est … Continuer la lecture →
Troisième tentative d’expulsion de Madame Béatrice SITA (No National : SP : 6946621), Angolaise enceinte de 6 mois et demi. Béatrice a été arrêtée lors d’une convocation à l’Office des Etrangers, il y a plus d’un mois. Elle va être … Continuer la lecture →
It has become dreadfully common to hear about or follow deportation cases. You know, the deportation of people who, for different reasons and life circumstances, wish to settle, some for some time, others for a long time, or perhaps for … Continuer la lecture →
127 bis: a lot of stress in the centre, many discussions, one suicide attempt, conflicts among detainees and isolation of recalcitrant individuals. Two persons have been in a hunger strike for one week: one national from Maghreb and one from … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony from a Afghan man imprisoned in a closed centre , which is at risk to be deported to Afghanistan. Listen : [audio:http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/I-just-want-to-live-ok.mp3|titles=I just want to live ok] So, Hello? Hello. How are you? Fine, and you? Fine. You are … Continuer la lecture →
MISINFORMATION From inside the 127bis closed centre, during the SteenRock on May 5 2012 here Some people greatly appreciated this act of solidarity, even though it was really though that afternoon… The security service had been reinforced (twice or three … Continuer la lecture →
PRESS COMMUNICATE URGENT GATHERING AEROPORT ZAVENTEM SUNDAY 13 MAY 04.15 p.m. To stop deportations to Afghanistan “March Special Offer One-way ticket to Afghanistan” Generously offered by the Belgian Immigration Office and Turkish Airlines . For some months now Afghans have … Continuer la lecture →
Closed Centre 127bis Steenokkerzeel – A Congolese woman, was released with an order to leave the territory after almost six months in prison. Listen to her interview here – In the night from 25th to 26th of April, violent altercations … Continuer la lecture →
She was in the closed centrum during six months. The judge ask her liberation 5 times. She must go to the hospital on 23 April and the office liberate her on 25 april with a order to leave the country … Continuer la lecture →
Alleluia, gloire à Maggie et à ses prédécesseurs de tous bords : grâce à leurs efforts conjugués, leur pugnacité et leur obstination devant l’évidence, la nouvelle taule appelée si gentiment La Caricole devrait ouvrir ses portes en ce jour de grâce. … Continuer la lecture →
Balkans is a strange region regarding to the European Union. Region eligible for integration into the Union, but for now fragmented and fragmentation compounded by the EU on behalf of issues of migration and border surveillance. Greece is threatened … Continuer la lecture →
They are all under pressure. Most of them do not dare having contacts with the outisde for fear of reprisals. They feel absolutely helpless. Some of them ended up accepting their deportation after the bullying by the staff of the … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony by a man in the group of people deported to Guinea http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/testimony-by-a-man-in-the-group-of-people-deported-to-guinea-on-the-24th-of-april-2013/ These flights are not divulgated to anyone by the authorities and seem to be state secret. Nevermind, information is gathered on these acts of repression which were … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony from a man imprisoned in centre 127bis. He has been in Belgium for 7 years and has been active in the struggle for the rights of undocumented people. Je vis depuis 7 ans à Bruxelles ok I think immigration … Continuer la lecture →
Testimony from someone who has spent a month and a half at centre 127bis. They report that the guards threaten people with punishment if they go on hunger strike and that they received no information about what was happening during … Continuer la lecture →
I don’t know if someone is aware of the body search they make when one is deported, but when they search someone, it is really inhuman. Since when have you been in the 127bis closed centre? They shut me up … Continuer la lecture →
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20 February 2011 – testimony of a man who has been released from detention centre 127bis after 5 months of detention – He had testified a first time when he still was in detention centre – Listen to his first … Continuer la lecture →
NOUVELLES DES CENTRES FERMES 6 /04/2012 Depuis l’organisation des 2 charters vers la Guinée et vers le Congo, beaucoup sont très angoissés et ont peur d’un nouveau charter collectif. D’après certaines sources des nouveaux vols collectifs sont prévus vers le … Continuer la lecture →
sourceVendredi, 30 Mars 2012 15:41 30 mars 2012 –La Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH) accueille de manière douce-amère le plan présenté au conseil des Ministres par la secrétaire d’Etat chargée de l’asile et de l’immigration. Si notre association ne peut … Continuer la lecture →
Nouveau charter de la honte Ils sont une petite vingtaine de Guinéens isolés depuis 16 heures au centre fermé 127bis pour un vol militaire au départ de Melsbroek vers la Guinée demain 28/03 On ne sait pas à quel heure. … Continuer la lecture →
QUE FAIRE? Ce 18 mars 2012 à Vottem la police fédérale a mis le paquet, 2 autopompes barrant la route, robocoffs en nombre dans et autour du centre, flics en civile partout, hélicoptère tout au long de la manifestation. … Continuer la lecture →
8 March 2012 – Testimony by a young girl detained in the 127bis Centre who was the impotent witness of a collective deportation to Congo Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ce-nest-pas-logique-de-traiter-les-gens-de-cette-facon.mp3|titles=Ce n’est pas logique de traiter les gens de … Continuer la lecture →
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Vottem, camp de la honte, 13 ans déjà…, JE NE L’ACCEPTE TOUJOURS PAS ! DIMANCHE 18 MARS 2012 RASSEMBLEMENT A LIEGE, PARC DE LA CITADELLE, RUE DES GLACIS, A 14 H ET MARCHE VERS LE CENTRE FERMÉ POUR ETRANGERS … Continuer la lecture →
20 February 2012 – phone interview from the detention centre 127bis Listen to the testimony (FR) : Je vois un homme qui est mort devant moi Hello? I am leaving tomorrow. Tomorrow? why? are they going to deport you? I … Continuer la lecture →
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19 Congoleze and 4 Angoleze deportated from Belgium To Congo on 6 maart 2012 Read here
February 9, 2012 : A Man locked up in the Bruges closed centre testifies on the phone Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ici-on-est-en-Belgique.mp3|titles=Ici, on est en Belgique] Hello, where are you ? Right now, I am in the Bruges’ closed … Continuer la lecture →
Le 11/03/11, la Ligue des Droits de l’Homme avait demandé l’autorisation pour une manifestation devant le nouveau centre fermé Caricole… L’autorisation lui a été refusé pour cause de… travaux sur la route ! C’est donc la deuxième fois que des … Continuer la lecture →
Deportation of 19 Congolese and 4 Angolese from Belgium. It seems that the deportation of March 6th 2012 had been plotted for several months by the Belgian Foreigners’ Office. Several days before, the Congolese and Angolese people had been gathered … Continuer la lecture →
127bis : Tension palpable au centre fermé. Les prisonniers ne font plus confiance à personnes. Ils se sentent trahis par tout le monde. Un prisonnier est en Grève de la faim depuis 6 jours. Il est là depuis presque 3 … Continuer la lecture →
15 February 2012: Phone interview with a person detained in 127bis centre who made a request for voluntary return and who is waiting for his flight Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lavion-est-pour-demain.mp3|titles=L’avion est pour demain] Fichier à télécharger (clic … Continuer la lecture →
11/02/2012 : Desperate testimony by a man detained in the 127 bis center near Brussels Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Quand-je-le-vois-je-vois-la-mort.mp3|titles=Quand je le vois, je vois la mort] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Hello Hello How … Continuer la lecture →
08 February 2012 : Telephone interview of a man detained in 127 Bis Centre. He got arrested while at the hairdresser’s. Listen to the testimony (FR): [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Je-nai-plus-assez-de-courage_01.mp3|titles=Je n’ai plus assez de courage_01] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) … Continuer la lecture →
December 16, 2011 : Second testimony of this man (Listen to the first testimony). He was transferred to the center of Bruges. He just had his sixth attempt to be deported and was placed in solitary. Listen to the testimony … Continuer la lecture →
December 13th 2011 – Testimony by a young Congolese woman (18 years old) detained in the closed centre 127 bis. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/témoignage-congolaise-13-déc.mp3|titles=témoignage congolaise 13 déc] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Today, you … Continuer la lecture →
December 7th 2011 – telephone interview from the 127bis detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/il-ma-donnecc81-un-coup-dans-la-nuque-et-ma-cassecc81-les-de.mp3|titles=il-ma-donnecc81-un-coup-dans-la-nuque-et-ma-cassecc81-les-de] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Tell me, since how long have you been in detention centres? Since August 29th. … Continuer la lecture →
30 November 2011: Phone interview with a Congolese man, imprisoned in detention centre 127bis. He is the son of a political opponent who was assassinated in 1998. He fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with his entire family. His … Continuer la lecture →
Issa Salah, 50 years old. Palestinian detained in detention centre 127bis since 12 September 2011. Interviewed on Sunday 30 October 2011 Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/itw-palestinian_01.mp3|titles=itw-palestinian_01] This is not a transcript of the interview. Mr Issa Salah asked … Continuer la lecture →
25 June – Phone testimony by a detainee during an action in front of the detention centre of Bruges. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ils-nous-donnent-des-choses-c3a0-manger-pour-quon-soit-calme.mp3|titles=ils-nous-donnent-des-choses-c3a0-manger-pour-quon-soit-calme] – Can you tell me for how long you have been in the centre? … Continuer la lecture →
10/05/11 – Testimony by telephone from an Iranian woman, detention center 127 bis. Listen to a reading of the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/on-ma-sc3a9parc3a9-de-ma-fille.mp3|titles=on-ma-sc3a9parc3a9-de-ma-fille] – Tell us how and when they tried to deport you and what happened? My husband, my … Continuer la lecture →
08/05/2011 – Testimony of a young Iranian woman by telephone, closed center 127bis Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/two-twins-sisters-of-nighteen-in-closed-center.mp3|titles=two-twins-sisters-of-nighteen-in-closed-center] – When did you arrive here in Belgium? We arrived on the 24th of March. The moment we arrived we … Continuer la lecture →
18-04-2011 – The story of a man of African origin who has spent 8 months in detention, first in Vottem (Liège) then in Bruges. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/la-souffrance-est-morale_01.mp3|titles=la-souffrance-est-morale_01] My name is… Up until 2006, I didn’t know … Continuer la lecture →
15 March 2011: Telephone interview with a man of Pakistani origin, detained at the Merksplas detention centre. Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/only-for-7-euros.mp3|titles=only-for-7-euros] I am speaking to you from the Vottem centre. I have been here for 20 days. … Continuer la lecture →
9th March 2011 : Phone conversation with a Congolese lady who has just gone through an expulsion after having spent four months in a detention centre. She is now in Kinsasha. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vous-pouvez-fermer-les-centres-fermc3a9s.mp3|titles=vous-pouvez-fermer-les-centres-fermc3a9s] – Can you … Continuer la lecture →
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6th March 2011: Story of the sister of two Armenian men, one of whom has just been deported from Belgium. Listen to the interview (NL) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ils-ne-voulaient-pas-croire-quils-c3a9taient-ses-fils-fr_01.mp3|titles=ils-ne-voulaient-pas-croire-quils-c3a9taient-ses-fils-fr_01] You have two brothers who came from Armenia. One of them was deported; … Continuer la lecture →
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29 February 2011: Telephone conversation with a detainee during a protest in front of centre 127bis, during the course of which the prisoners started a fire inside the building. Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ici-cest-comme-guantanamo.mp3|titles=ici-cest-comme-guantanamo] How are you? I … Continuer la lecture →
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28 January 2011 – Telephone conversation with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre I am here at the Merksplas centre. I have been imprisoned since 16 September, that’s 4 months and 17 days. And … Continuer la lecture →
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This interview was conducted during an action carried out at the Merksplas detention centre on 28 January 2011. Listen to the interview (NL) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ik-wil-niet-dat-ze-mij-slaan.mp3|titles=ik-wil-niet-dat-ze-mij-slaan] I would like to tell you what happened to us. I speak good Dutch. I … Continuer la lecture →
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28th January 2011: A detainee’s account by telephone during an action taking place in front of the Merksplas detention centre. Listen to the interview (ENG & FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/je-ne-parle-pas-pour-moi.mp3|titles=je-ne-parle-pas-pour-moi] My name is…….I come from Cameroon. I have been held here … Continuer la lecture →
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28 January 2011 – Telephone interview with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ya-pas-de-droits-de-lhomme-ici.mp3|titles=ya-pas-de-droits-de-lhomme-ici] I am in the centre, so I’ll tell you my story. I submitted my … Continuer la lecture →
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28 January 2011 – Telephone interview with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/a-linterieur-il-y-a-des-choses-que-lon-ne-veut-pas-montrer.mp3|titles=a-linterieur-il-y-a-des-choses-que-lon-ne-veut-pas-montrer] Hello? Yes, hello! I am in front of your flag. (Where the phone number … Continuer la lecture →
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22 January 2011 – Testimony as told to a visitor at a detention centre I am 41 years old, I am married and I have 3 children. We were living in a village occupied by Israel in Palestine. I had … Continuer la lecture →
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21 January 2011 Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vous-les-avocats-noirs.mp3|titles=vous-les-avocats-noirs] My name is Thierry, I am Congolese. I arrived in Belgium on the 9November 2010 at 3.30pm. I landed at Zaventem airport just like any other passenger and I presented … Continuer la lecture →
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Text messages exchanged between a detainee at the 127bis centre and a volunteer visitor. 12/12/2010, 20.02 Thanks for your reply. My name is XX. I am Iranian. I speak Persian but I have a translator who speaks Dutch. I’d like … Continuer la lecture →
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19 January 2011 – Story of a young man who spent two and a half months in detention centres in Zaventem and Liège Listen to the interview (ARABE and FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/javais-limpression-detre-sous-la-terre.mp3|titles=javais-limpression-detre-sous-la-terre] – How did you end up in detention? … Continuer la lecture →
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The morning of 8 February 2012, in one of the smaller courtrooms tucked away at the back of the Palais de Justice of Brussels, the latest scene of a pantomime that has been running now for more than a year. … Continuer la lecture →
18 January 2011 – telephone interview from detention centre 127bis -How long have you been at 127bis? -Today is my 21st day here. – I understand you’ve travelled a lot, is that right? – Yes lots! (he laughs) – So … Continuer la lecture →
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Listen to the story (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nous-vivons-sur-le-qui-vive.mp3|titles=nous-vivons-sur-le-qui-vive] 17 January 2011 – A detainee of the Zaventem centre on the phone First I would like to say, concerning detention centres, because it is the first time that I enter them but … Continuer la lecture →
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We only have broadcasts in French. If you know some in English or Dutch, please send them to us. Radio Panik : 29/01/2011 : (FR/AR) : La voie sans frontiere sur les centres fermés Série d’émissions réalisées sur Radio … Continuer la lecture →
Resitance against a deprtation to Somalie 02/12/2019 Geplaatst door Nathalie Mercenier op Maandag 2 december 2019 Aktion against closed centre for women in Holsbeek 02/12/2019 https://zintv.org/Holsbeek-prison-pour-innocentes Steenokkerzeel/127bis 20/06/2018 agaginst detention families If you have … Continuer la lecture →
– VIOLENCE DURING DEPORTATIONS – The mattress technique: a story heard many times before. “The last 2 times they attempted to deport me, (I have been subjected to seven attempts now), they pushed me to the ground in the van … Continuer la lecture →
What is a detention centre? Under Belgian law, detention centres serve the following purpose: to detain illegal migrants. These centres have been legal since the law of 15th December 1980 on the entry, stay, settlement, and removal of foreign nationals. … Continuer la lecture →
These texts about the detention centres are collectively written. It is a compilation of information, observations and testimonies. We wanted to convey as clearly as possible what these centres are, how they work and how deportations take place. We want … Continuer la lecture →
The means of repression that are used to lock up freedoms and maintain the order are many : precariousness, medication, intimidation, filing, torture, violence, imprisonment, etc… in detention centres, open centres, prisons, mental hospitals, return centres, closed centres for minors, … Continuer la lecture →
16 January 2011 – Story of a young South American girl who spent 12 days at detention centre 127bis Listen to the story (in French): [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jai-garde-le-souvenir-des-menottes.mp3] It was in 2005, I was coming back from work when a friend phoned … Continuer la lecture →
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15 January 2011 – Story of someone who spent 3 months in the 127bis centre and in the centre in Bruges Listen to the story (in French): [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ce-sont-vraiment-des-prisons.mp3] Hello, my name is Sylvain. I am from the Ivory Coast, Abidjan. … Continuer la lecture →
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Brique par brique… En janvier 2012, le nouveau centre fermé de Steenokkerzeel, dit “Caricole”, fermera ses portes. Ce nouveau centre fermé au bout de la piste de l’aéroport a pour but d’enfermer les plus récalcitrants parmi les sans-papiers que l’Etat … Continuer la lecture →
Ce dimanche 18 décembre, 150 personnes s’étaient rassemblées à la gare de Nossegem pour marcher vers le centre fermé 127bis et découvrir le 127ter, toute nouvelle prison qui accueillera bientôt, et avec fierté, les dangereuses personnes – femmes et enfants … Continuer la lecture →
Alors qu’à Bruxelles on organise des films, des discours et des débats comme l’Assemblée populaire « Migrants acteurs de citoyenneté »,… Pendant ce temps là… les personnes désireuses de manifester leur solidarité avec ces mêmes migrants, qu’ils aient ou non … Continuer la lecture →
http://www.noborderbxl.eu.org/spip.php?article430 vidéo Ce jeudi 28 avril 2011, 60 personnes d’origine congolaise venant de plusieurs pays européens seront expulsées au départ de Bruxelles par un vol « sécurisé». Cela fait sept ans que la Belgique n’avait pas affrété un si gros … Continuer la lecture →
Annual demo at Vottem [Liege] against closed detention centres 03/04/11: several hundred demonstrators marched from place Léonard to the centre. Arrived at the centre, 50 of the demonstrators climbed on the fences and entered the centre. Very quickly the Samba, … Continuer la lecture →
The dynamic of the Arab spring is emanating into the entire world. The movements of revolt in the Maghreb encourage and give hope, not only because despotic regimes that have been believed invincible were chased away. Although the direction of … Continuer la lecture →
CELA SE PASSE PRES DE CHEZ VOUS dans « LES PRISONS POUR ÉTRANGERS » LA RÉVOLTE, LA PEUR ET LA RÉPRESSION aussi chez nous ! Prisonniers dans un centre fermé, trois « sans papiers » débutent une grève de la … Continuer la lecture →
The power of solidarity in front of the detention centre 127Bis in Brussels today at 16h30 there was a solidarity action from voices without borders in front of the detention centre 127 Bis in Brussels. The action was planned because … Continuer la lecture →
photo film et film de présentation par l’Office des étrangers! Les activistes protestent contre la politique d’asile du gouvernement belge. Aujourd’hui, le 28 janvier, une trentaine d’activistes protestent contre le fait que le gouvernement belge enferme des personnes sans papiers … Continuer la lecture →
– Spectacular international action against planned detention centre in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium – Since 5am this morning, around 60 activists from various European countries have been blockading the site of a new planned detention centre in Steenokkerzeel, near Brussels. The activists … Continuer la lecture →
