The first report in the Reguide project focuses on the legal framework applicable to returnees. This report sets the stage for the rest of the project and points out inconsistencies and issues with the legislation. The report covers the terrorism offences, certain criminal procedural topics,… Read More »Policy brief: Legal Framework
Counter-terrorism has permeated the entire Belgian legal system and rules have been introduced out of counter-terrorism considerations throughout many branches of law. In alignment with the scope of the rest of the Reguide project, this report focusses on the legal framework relevant to people returning… Read More »Report: Legal Framework
Another edition of the family day was organised by project Reguide on the 15 October 2022 with families of departees and returnees to and from Syria and Iraq. The aim of this edition of the family day was the sharing of stories, the identifying of… Read More »Second family day, October 2022
Legal Relab is a Living lab on the legislation (and case-law) related to foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) and returnees, including the specificities of the probation process, identifying potential issues and remedies that could be conceived. The Reguide team organized an expert panel on the legal… Read More »Legal RELAB: legislation (and case-law), October 2022
De terugkeer, Le retour, The return Report : Reception and (re)integration of returning children from detention camps in Northeast Syria Gerrit Loots (Faculty of Social Sciences; Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB) Hannan Jamaï (Faculty of Social Sciences; Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB) In this first report,… Read More »Report: rehabilitation and (re-)integration of child returnees from detention camps in Northeast Syria
This week six women and sixteen children have been repatriated from the camps in Northeast Syria. This is the second operation of repatriation and an important step in the right direction. But there is still some work though, for the childless women, the women who… Read More »Opinion piece: Six women are back, what about the others…
In response to the needs expressed during the Kick-off RELAB, we organized a second RELAB, in which the different services could reflect on good practices and tools to inform children about their life story, which includes their first years of life in Syria, the period… Read More »Follow-up RELAB: Integration of the children, March 2022
We had the pleasure to welcome the (foster) families and different services involved in the (re)integration process of the children that returned from the camps in Northeast Syria, for our kick-off RELAB. During this session the participants had the opportunity to exchange their experiences and… Read More »Kick-off RELAB, January 2022
In October we organized the first ‘Family Day’, for the children that returned from the camps in Northeast Syria (and had not seen each other since) and their (foster)families. The families appreciated the safe space in which they shared their lived experiences and stories. It… Read More »Family day, October 2021