Housing organisers join Santé en lutte’s march to link housing and public health

During the first COVID-19 lockdown, undocumented people held a short action at the health and migration minister’s office. They described losing income and being unable to pay rent or food, while...

About 10,000 people gathered at the Brussels Palace of Justice after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Organised by Belgian Youth Against Racism and supported by Black activists and...

Following repeated acts of protest and vandalism during the Black Lives Matter mobilisation, Antwerp and Ekeren authorities removed the Leopold II statue from Ekeren’s public square and placed it in...

Around 300 people gathered at Place du Luxembourg in Brussels to demand regularisation, denounce police violence and oppose closed detention centres. The Coordination des Sans-Papiers argued that...

The Coordination des Sans-Papiers organised a night vigil at Place Albertine, calling for regularisation and social and economic rights. Organisers estimated about 400 participants, while police...

People without papers reoccupied the church and demanded regularisation, healthcare and the right to work. Many had lived in Belgium for years, while lockdown made informal work and shelter less...

The Coordination des Sans-Papiers and Sans-Papiers TV used an open letter, petition and media work to build support for clear, permanent regularisation criteria. Sans-Papiers TV described itself as...

Around 60 Belgian collectives and organisations backed the renewed Housing Action Day call during the pandemic. The organisers planned a national demonstration alongside decentralised and online...

About 450–475 undocumented people began a hunger strike at the Beguinage church and university sites. They asked for clear and permanent regularisation criteria, an independent commission and...

The League of Domestic Workers and CSC’s migrant-workers committee held a support action for undocumented women workers. Participants condemned sexual violence and labor exploitation after a worker...