Paul Barbar

Koksijde residents initiated a petition in support of refugees. You can sign it here -  https://www.change.org/p/the-authorities-of-koksijde-stop-the-detention-in-the-refugee-center-in-koksijde-and-let-the-children-go-to-school Local residents want to support the protest . After signing, the petition will be sent to the mayor, who should see that there are voters in the city who do not agree with his policy regarding refugees.

Today I saw tears in the eyes of many people. The Belgians in Koksijde came to support the protest of refugees . Many Belgians say and write to me that they are ashamed of their country, ashamed of Belgium, where such things happen. To say that we are grateful is to say nothing. Thank you so much, only thanks to your support can we talk about our problems. And you have nothing to be ashamed of. You can be proud of your country, you can be proud of Belgium. This is not an exaggeration; I am simply comparing it with my country. Where I came from, they wanted to cut off my head for my publications. The best thing that awaited me was a long imprisonment, without trial or investigation. In a prison cell that is not suitable for life. My friends were in these cells. In my country, police officers rape womens directly in police stations. Police torture is a common thing. Journalists are blown up and beaten to death near the doors of their homes. Beating is a common thing, the...

Today Marc Vanden Busche, the mayor of Koksijde, came to protesting refugees . Well, I will try not to be emotional, I’ll just talk about the results. Rather, the lack of results. Refugees once again voiced a simple question: why were they locked up, although the Refugee Reception Center has a well-equipped quarantine zone where patients can be isolated or suspected of having coronavirus ? There is a quarantine zone - so why are hundreds of people locked up who have no symptoms? If you suspect someone has a coronavirus - well, let these people go to the quarantine zone. But why are the rights of hundreds of people limited? The mayor ignored this question. He pretended not to understand what it was about. By the way, I remind you that in the quarantine zone there is only one family now, in which one child is declared infected with the coronavirus, although he has no symptoms. Another family has already left the quarantine zone, because after repeated testing the child was fou...

We recorded interviews with the parents of two refugee children who were tested for coronavirus before going to school in Koksijde. These children have no symptoms. After several days, repeated testing showed that one child is healthy . The parents of the second child are sure that their testing is also erroneous, and the results of this testing are beneficial to the mayor of Koksijde to discriminate against refugees. (Update: the second child was also tested, he is healthy -  https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200606_04983659 ) About how the mayor Marc Vanden Busche is manipulating, trying to justify discrimination, I already wrote -  https://paulbarbar.blogspot.com/2020/05/mr-mayor-stop-manipulating.html Due to these two cases of dubious testing, the mayor sent the police and turned the Refugee Reception Center into almost a prison. Hundreds of people were blocked. Refugees staged a protest -  https://paulbarbar.blogspot.com/2020/06/protesters-tempor...

This morning, refugees blocked the entrance to the Koksijde Refugee Reception Center for two hours (from 8:00 to 10:00). During this period, they do not allow Fedasil employees to enter the center. Then the gate will be unlocked in 10:00. - We understand that the Fedasil staff are our friends and are helping us, - says one of the women who block the gate. - But we want the head of Fedasil in Brussels to pay attention to our problem. We want the head of Fedasil to come to talk with us. We want the mayor to come talk to us. This place was turned into a prison, we do not agree with this. This is discrimination. Inside the Refugee Reception Center, order is maintained. Refugees go to work inside the center. At the same time, they continue to knock on the gate in turn to attract attention. A journalist came to the protesting refugees and talks with them. Newspaper "De Standaard". Read also: What you n...

A lot of lies are spreading about the protests of refugees in Koksijde . Read these 10 points to understand what is happening. 1. Refugees complied with and are complying with all requirements related to coronavirus . On May 4, a lockdown, which lasted several weeks, ended at the Koksijde Refugee Reception Center. Refugees did not protest at this time, because there was a reasonable explanation for the lockdown and all of Belgium was at home. 2. The protest began after the mayor Marc Vanden Busche announced a new lockdown and sent the police on June 3 - for no reasonable reason. This time, coronavirus was frankly used as an excuse for discrimination and racism. Read more about this here -  https://paulbarbar.blogspot.com/2020/06/police-again-block-refugees-in-koksijde.html 3. There is no “outbreak of coronavirus” at the Koksijde Refugee Reception Center. This is the manipulation that the mayor is spreading, trying to justify discrimination -  https://paulb...

Residents of the Koksijde Refugee Reception Center protest now because the police blocked them and turned them into prisoners. Read why it is discrimination and racism -  https://paulbarbar.blogspot.com/2020/06/police-again-block-refugees-in-koksijde.html Refugees approached the gates and expressed their protest with the poster "We are not prisoners", "Not racizm", "SOS", "Europe is not USA", "No discrimination", "COVID-19 not here". They knock on the gate, demanding to be released. The protest lasts many hours, people do not want to stop. And this video is 6 hours later, people do not stop and ask the mayor to come and talk with them: Police in civilian clothes. New poster "No more racizm". What you need to know about the refugee protest in Koksijde, 10 points -  https://paulbarbar.blogspot.com/2020/06/for-our-and-...