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 a forced deportation in 1998. We will not forget, we will not forgive, and we will continue her fight.❤

Once again this year, the mobilisation particularly denounces the planned closed centre in Jumet, scheduled for 2028. This centre would be the largest administrative detention and deportation facility in Belgium and is part of a national plan initiated by the far right: to criminalise, imprison and deport undocumented migrants. Charleroi supports this project despite local citizen opposition. The city of Charleroi uses security and racist rhetoric to justify its support for the detention centre, criminalising people on the move.

In memory of Semira, Mawda, Tamazi and Baudoin, in solidarity with all those who have been victims of violence, persecution and murder as a result of dehumanising migration policies, let us unite, demand freedom of movement and settlement for all, demand the closure of detention centres and the cessation of construction plans for these prisons that hide behind a different name. Let us demand an end to repatriations and state violence against undocumented migrants.

🥁📢See you on 20 September at 2 p.m. at Buisset Square. Let us join forces to reject the political and extreme right-wing project. 🥁📢

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