There will be a demonstration in Charleroi on Sunday 22 September against the detention of undocumented migrants and the violence of migration policies.
Charleroi because the government in Jumet (Charleroi municipality) plans to build a detention center1 with a total of 200 places by 2028, which would make it the largest detention centre in Belgium.
22 September in memory of Semira Adamu, an undocumented resistance fighter killed by police in 1998 during her sixth deportation attempt. This date reminds us of her death, as well as that of Mawda (killed by police in 2023) and Tamazi (who died in a detention centre in 2023), caused by racism and migration policies. We gather in memory of them and all others, anonymously, at the borders, in the sea, on the roads, every day.
In the weeks leading up to the demonstration, various groups from across Belgium have joined forces to organise a number of events related to the fight against the detention of undocumented migrants. These events aim both to mobilise people for 22 September and to organise and raise our voices against racist and murderous migration policies.
Join us in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels for film screenings, discussions, podcasts and solidarity meals to remind us that there is only one solution : an end to detention centres, an end to borders and freedom of movement and settlement for all !
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BRUGES :
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BRUSSELS :
- 20 September at DK (Rue de Danemark 70B), screening of the film ‘Bamako’ and discussion organised by Zone Neutre.
- 21 September at Cinema Nova (Rue d’Arenberg 3), « Semira : not forgoten, not forgiven » evening, solidarity meal, podcast, filmscreening and discussion.
GHENT :
15 September at Lina (Edward Anseeleplein 2), filmscreening and solidarity meal.
LA LOUVIÈRE :
16 september at the JOC (Rue sylvain Guyaux 32/B), at 18pm.
LOUVAIN :
11 September at the JH Sojo (Eenmeilaan 35).
LIÈGE :
- 7 September at Casa Nicaragua (Rue Pierreuse 23), No Border afternoon with round table, projection, music and food (1pm-9pm). (MORE PRECISE TIMETABLE ?)
- 14 September from 12 noon at the CPCR ( Rue Jonruelle 11) for theFesti’fal, with exhibition, music, stands…
- 16 September at La Zone (Rue Méan 27), filmscreenings and solidarity meal.
- 19 September at CCKALI (Rue St Thomas 32), special Come To Be event.
NAMUR :
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Let us fight against the invisibility and oblivion of the many deaths caused by the state at its borders and in closed centres. In memory of Semira Adamu and all those targeted by migration policies, violated, oppressed and killed. Let us oppose the expansion of the detention and deportation machine.
1 The detention centres hold people based on their ‘irregular administrative situation’ and their official aim is to forcibly deport them by plane from Belgium. In other words, these centres deprive people of their freedom, the only offence being that they do not have the ‘right’ papers.
