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Rue des Ateliers 25, 1080 Molenbeek
00.32 (2) 411.74.95
Copyright © Foyer 2020
30 August 2021
Johan Leman
A first one in French : “Molenbeek confined, Molenbeek resilient”, a publication of the Foyer des Jeunes This book is the result of a project of the Foyer des Jeunes […]
26 July 2021
Johan Leman
In August, there will be no overview on our blog of the migration and refugee movements towards Europe for a month. In the meantime, if you want to feel the […]
16 July 2021
Johan Leman
July 1. Despite a large police presence at the French-Spanish border, migrants are still trying to enter France from the city of Irun. To avoid police vigilance, they are taking […]
1 July 2021
Johan Leman
June 16. A little under 700 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa early on Tuesday. The reception facility on the island, designed to accommodate around 250 is full […]
16 June 2021
Johan Leman
June 1. Young sub-Saharan migrants wait to disembark from a ship in the port of Arguineguin on the island of Gran Canaria on 28 May 2021. Crédit: REUTERS/Borja Suarez. (InfoMigrants_fr) […]
1 June 2021
Johan Leman
May 16-17. The German ship Sea-Eye 4 has rescued about 330 migrants within the past few days. The latest operation overnight brought 99 people on board: most were reportedly from […]
16 May 2021
Johan Leman
May 1.In the period of 25 April – 1 May, 818 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya. (IOM_Libya) May 3. The Greek coast guard says it has […]
3 May 2021
Johan Leman
April 16. At least 41 people have died after their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa. (InfoMigrants) […]
16 April 2021
Johan Leman
April 1. Five people have died and more than 500 have been returned to Libya in separate incidents in the central Mediterranean in the space of two days. (InfoMigrants) April […]
1 April 2021
Johan Leman
March 17. A 2-year-old child in a serious condition was among 10 people who were hospitalized for hypothermia after they were rescued from a boat off the Canary Islands. 52 […]
Johan Leman is a social and cultural anthropologist and president of Foyer VZW since 2003, where he was director from 1981 to 1989. He is an expert on integration policy and the fight against racism. From 1989 to 1993 he was chief of cabinet of the Royal Commissioner for Migrant Policy and from 1993 to 2003 he was director of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism.
In this blog, he gives his opinion and views on current events in and around Molenbeek.