Saturday, October 21, 2006

[Belgium] Foreigners detained unnecessarily / Expatica News, 20 Oct 2006

http://digbig.com/4nkkt
"A quarter of all asylum seekers are being held in one of Belgium's six asylum centres (centres fermés) under poor conditions and unnecessarily according to a report based on eye-witness accounts. There are also a number of complaints listed about the use of violence during forced repatriations and currently detainees have little chance of proving their claims as currently there is no video surveillance during the process and no overall monitoring of the events following the arrival and detention of asylum seekers. In view of this, Refugee Work Flanders has called for all forced repatriations to be filmed."
The report is available in French at http://www.cire.irisnet.be/