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
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
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…