The "Who can stay and who can't?" campaign

On 4 and 5 April, the Asylum and Migration Forum, a forum in which JRS-Belgium participates, held an event promoting the regularisation of unauthorised migrants.

Opinion article, 15 March 2007, Le Soir:

The following is an opinion article co-signed by JRS-Belgium, which appeared in the newspaper Le Soir on 15 March 2007:

• Detention centres for foreigners: an urgent debate

Detention centre for unauthorised migrants in Vottem

In March 2007, eleven people escaped from the Vottem detention centre. To find out more:

• http://www2.vrtnieuws.net/cm/vrtnieuws.net/nieuws/binnenland/1.95232

Human rights lawyer Alexis Deswaef

In February 2007, The Belgian human rights lawyer, Alexis Deswaef, was awarded first prize in the International Defence Lawyers' Competition of the Caen Memorial for Human Rights, in France: To read his defence speech, click on the following link:

• http://www.memorial-caen.fr/fr/concours_2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=27

"Refugee Stories"

In November 2006, a press conference was held to present “Refugee Stories”, a project supported by the European Fund for Refugees. JRS-Belgium participated:

• http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/

Visitors' report

In 2005-2006, JRS-Belgium, in cooperation with other NGOs, and Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen in particular, drew up a report on detention centres for foreigners in Belgium. This report was presented to the press in October 2006. To download, click on the link below: