Resistance : How to Organize in the Face of the Criminalization of Solidarity ? (in French)

Like other Euro­pean coun­tries before it, Bel­gium and the Ari­zo­na govern­ment are mul­ti­plying mea­sures that serious­ly under­mine the right to asy­lum and cri­mi­na­lize soli­da­ri­ty : home visits, res­tric­tions on mate­rial aid, condi­tio­nal access to social sup­port, increa­sed controls, and stig­ma­ti­zing, dehu­ma­ni­zing rhetoric.

As in France, “immi­gra­tion” laws have been piling up for years, fur­ther tigh­te­ning access to rights and attemp­ting to cri­mi­na­lize those who wel­come others.
The Euro­pean Pact on Migra­tion and Asy­lum confirms a poli­cy of rejec­tion, selec­tion, and push­backs at the bor­ders — in defiance of inter­na­tio­nal conven­tions and human dignity.

In the face of these into­le­rable poli­cies, women and men are choo­sing ano­ther path : that of resis­tance, hos­pi­ta­li­ty, and solidarity.

How can we respond to the cri­mi­na­li­za­tion of hos­pi­ta­li­ty ?
How can we streng­then net­works of soli­da­ri­ty ?
Can inter­na­tio­nal conven­tions still be upheld in the face of rejec­tion poli­cies ?
What links can we build bet­ween local struggles and trans­na­tio­nal mobilizations ?

Come and join the dis­cus­sion with Cédric Her­rou, a figure from the Roya Val­ley and a sym­bol of civic resis­tance in France against the cri­mi­na­li­za­tion of hos­pi­ta­li­ty ; Meh­di Kas­sou, co-foun­der and exe­cu­tive direc­tor of Bel­Re­fu­gees, the Citi­zen Plat­form for Refu­gee Sup­port born in 2015 at the infa­mous Maxi­mi­lien Park ; and Father Daniel Alliët, pas­tor of the Church of the Bégui­nage (House of Com­pas­sion), well known for his ongoing com­mit­ment to undo­cu­men­ted people.

An event to unders­tand, share, and debate ongoing forms of resis­tance — here and elsewhere !

Orga­ni­zed by Bruxelles Laïque, Bel­Re­fu­gees, and House of Com­pas­sion
Free entry