Category: Migration policy

  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 →

  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 →

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 →

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 →

  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 →

  [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 →

 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 →

  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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

  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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →