Category: Nieuws van de gesloten centra

Samenvatting van de informatie verkregen van de gedetineerden in de Belgische gesloten centra. Als u die informatie regelmatig wil ontvangen, vraag dan de nieuwsbrief via e-mail: gettingthevoiceout(a)riseup.net 

The disturbing silence of a man in a detention centre

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

Publié dans Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Nouvelles des centres, Strijdverhalen | Laisser un commentaire

ATTEMPTED DEPORTATION OF A YOUNG PALESTINIAN MAN

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

Publié dans Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Strijdverhalen, Uitzetting aan de gang | Laisser un commentaire

A new case of death, this time at the Bruges detention centre: prisoners speak out

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

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

Tuberculose in closed centre in Brugge

  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

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CLOSED CENTRES: violence and transfers: “All our rights are being taken away”

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

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Asylum seeker from Afghanistan threatened to be deported to Bulgaria: police violence and systemic violent practices as an integral part of the migration policy in Bulgaria.

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

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Call for Support for Richard

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

Publié dans Migratiepolitiek, Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Uitzetting aan de gang | Laisser un commentaire

News from the closed centres 10 April 2023

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

Publié dans Getuigenissen, News from the centres, Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Struggle stories, Testimonies, Uitzetting aan de gang | Laisser un commentaire

Audiotestimony : Twenty five days of hunger strike: “In Brussels, where are the human rights? “06/02/2023 Update

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

Publié dans Audio testimonies NL, Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Nouvelles des centres, Récits de luttes, Strijdverhalen | Laisser un commentaire

Closed centre in Vottem ( Liège ) : Words of the direction (FR).

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

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Arrestaties en deportaties aan de lopende band – 02/08/2022

  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

Publié dans Expulsions en cours, Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Nouvelles des centres, Uitzetting aan de gang | Laisser un commentaire

Minors in detention centres

  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

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Help ! 3rd attempt of expulsion this 24/12/2021 towards IRAN : update

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

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Fleeing a forced marriage and resisting expulsion at all costs.

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

Publié dans Nieuws van de gesloten centra, Ongoing deportations, Strijdverhalen, Struggle stories | Laisser un commentaire

“If you died here, no one would ever know” 

    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

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Escape attempt in Merksplas and news from Bruges

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

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Some news : 02/09/2015

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

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