Today we received a phone call from Block C in detention complex Schiphol East. It was Blaise from Congo. Listen to his story of maltreatment by the Dutch military police. And how he resisted his deportation to Congo.
We wish Blaise and all detained migrants a merry Christmas…

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Celebrating Migrants Day in Holland.  With a great story by Sami Gathii
The Diaspora Forum for Development in the Netherlands staged a Dialogue between Migrant’s Organisations and Civil Society on the occasion of International Migrants Day.
Mr. Wim Stoffers, representing Oxfam-Novib, played the role of Devil’s advocate regarding the issue of remittances. He stated that all the [...]

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Re-thinking the Schiphol Fire
PROGRAM (here in Dutch)
The Public hearing:
STREAM audio and video

Papa Sakho  tells us what we see

“After the fire we have to learn many things:
About what happened to the Schiphol People,
How they died in the fire.
And also about meeting the migrants.
Why the people move to die in the water.
To get a better life.”

Proposal [...]

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