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 centres.
A great opportunity to invite your friends to get together!
Practical info:
⬪ 15/11/2024 from 10pm to 4am
⬪ at La Vallée (39 rue Adolphe Lavallée, Molenbeek)
⬪ 8€/10€/12€
Why top-ups?
We provide each person in detention with a €10 monthly top-up.
When they arrive in a closed centre, people who are placed in administrative detention (with the aim of being sent back to their country of origin or supposed country of origin, on the pretext that they don’t have the ‘right papers’ to stay in Belgium) have to top up their phones at their own expense.
Their phone is very often their only contact with the outside world, whether it’s their family, their lawyer, or to make their situation known publicly. Whether their arrest takes place on their migration route or in their place of residence, whether their family and friends are here or abroad, being able to warn and communicate with those close to them is crucial. Many people find it extremely difficult to buy phone credit.
Our resources are dwindling fast and we constantly need income to continue sending top-ups. If you would like to support the purchase of top-ups for people in prison, you can also make a financial contribution by bank transfer or standing order to the following bank details:
Collectif Contre les Expulsions
BE58 5230 8016 1279
Communication : recharge Lyca
Banque Triodos (BIC: TRIOBEBB)
