Ethics workshop within a larger 2day international workshop on Migration, War, and Repatriation On May 2 and 3, the Academics for Repatriation and the REGGUIDE team organized a two-day international workshop with 20 interdisciplinary scholars, focusing on “Women, Men, and Children in Syrian Camps and… Read More »Ethics Workshop
Event Recap: The Return of Belgians who went to Syria and Iraq On May 4, 2023, we organized a pivotal panel discussion as part of the REGUIDE project, convening a diverse group of experts to deliberate on the repatriation of Belgian citizens currently held in… Read More »Reflecting on a Powerful Evening
Since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011, more than 5,000 European citizens have gone to the Iraqi-Syrian zone to join the various uprisings against the regime in place. With more than 500 nationals leaving for these conflict zones, Belgium has the highest… Read More »Report: The socio-legal pathways of returnees in Belgium
Schrijf je in! [Dutch, English below) Schrijf je nu in voor ons evenement over de terugkeer van Belgische Syriëgangers op 4 mei in het cultuurcentrum Bolwerk te Vilvoorde! U bent van harte welkom op ons publiek evenement op 4 mei 2023 in Vilvoorde, een symbolische… Read More »Event: Terugkeer van Belgische Syriëgangers
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…