Category: Politique migratoire

In their memory, those days in March: Batha and A., detention centres kill

Publié le 11/03/2026 par Getting the Voice Out

[TW self-harm, suicide] Nine years ago, on 2 March 2017, Batha, a man from Azerbaijan, lost his life at the Vottem detention centre. Two years ago, on 9 March 2024, A., a man from Ethiopia, took his own life at … Continuer la lecture →

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Building permit granted for detention centre project in Jumet

Publié le 21/02/2026 par Getting the Voice Out

Article written jointly with the independent media Bruxelles Dévie Despite the recent victory in blocking the building permit last September, the project for a new detention centre in Jumet (near Charleroi airport) is still going ahead. The Walloon Minister for … Continuer la lecture →

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Imagine – A piece of Fathi’s story (Vottem)

Publié le 23/12/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

We share with you a piece of Fathi’s story, who is currently being held in the closed center of Vottem, to remember and to make sure that it will not be forgotten.And to give a voice to so many other … Continuer la lecture →

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19 December 2015 – 10 years since the death of a man at the Vottem detention center

Publié le 19/12/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

Ten years ago to the day, on December 19, 2015, we were informed of the death of a man of Congolese origin at the Vottem detention center. This man, around 50, whose name we do not know, is believed to … Continuer la lecture →

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Gebre Mariam – Never forgive, never forget (9 October 2018). Seven years since a man committed suicide at the detention center in Vottem

Publié le 09/10/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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After the death of a comrade, a friend, a fellow prisoner, repression intensifies in the centres

Publié le 08/10/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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Suicide of a Palestinian man last night at the 127bis detention centre – Rest in power Mahmoud Ezzat Farag Allah

Publié le 07/10/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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Murder of Semira Adamu – 27 years later

Publié le 22/09/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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Belgian Arizona (part 3 – asylum): x-ray of a repressive, racist and inhumane migration policy

Publié le 31/07/2025 par Getting the Voice Out

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

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ABOLISH FRONTEX

Publié le 23/05/2022 par Martine

 ABOLISH FRONTEX : https://fr.abolishfrontex.org/

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Mass arrests

Publié le 01/01/2014 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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Embassies tours, sometimes it’s like playing Russian roulette

Publié le 01/01/2014 par Getting the Voice Out

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 →

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