EVENT INFORMATION

1
Oktober
2015

Citizen refugee-support groups leave Maximilien Park, challenging the state’s reliance on volunteer care

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📅 1 Oktober 2015 📍 België

After a month-long informal camp near Belgium’s immigration office, the citizen support platform ended its operations in Maximilien Park on 1 October 2015. Refugees, volunteers, neighbourhood groups and CollectActif had built food distribution, shelter and other support while registration and reception capacity failed to meet need. The platform argued that leaving was necessary because a camp could not become a durable substitute for public responsibility. The episode showed both the political force and the limits of humanitarian solidarity.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Véronic Thirionet

Elodie Francart

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Plateforme citoyenne de soutien aux réfugiés / BelRefugees

CollectActif

local volunteers