In the early morning of September 19, police officers from the city of Molenbeek, Brussels, violently evacuated the activists of the organization Voix des Sans-Papiers and the migrant families from the building they had been occupying since July 2014 because they wanted to claim a residence permit in Belgium. The arrest of 12 activists is a direct consequence of the proposal made by the state secretary for asylum and migration to allow police forces to enter the home of undocumented people without a warrant. The League of Human Rights condemns arrests based solely on the migrant status.
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Belgian Migration Activists Arrested in Early Morning Raid
In the early morning of September 19, police officers from the city of Molenbeek, Brussels, violently evacuated the activists of the organization Voix des Sans-Papiers and the migrant families from the building they...
by David Morelli
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