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Rue des Ateliers 25, 1080 Molenbeek
00.32 (2) 411.74.95
Copyright © Foyer 2020
13 December 2021
Johan Leman
That footballers want to play football, even if a tournament takes place in Qatar. Okey. Although it has apparently cost the lives of 6,500 guest workers (from Bangladesh, Pakistan and […]
8 December 2021
Johan Leman
In the Foyer, in view of International Migrants’ Day (December, 18), we interviewed 18 people, who go through life as immigrants. But do these people see themselves as immigrants? One […]
5 December 2021
Johan Leman
Despite the corona blues, we at Foyer keep our spirits up. Hopefully you do too. The good news is that the activities, apart from a few, have mostly kept going. […]
29 November 2021
Johan Leman
We base our info on the information that can be found on InfoMigrants. A few intentions that can be easily realised: 1. Those who enjoy a protective status will be […]
25 November 2021
Johan Leman
Doesn’t it strike you that we are sliding towards a society where a ceertain number of people have to be more and more careful about saying what they really think? […]
4 November 2021
Johan Leman
“Instead of allowing science, civil society and the administration to prepare a plan in time, as the northern countries do, the governing parties want to invent everything themselves and postpone […]
28 October 2021
Johan Leman
Maybe our politicians, also in the Brussels region, can deal with very serious matters from time to time. I know quite well a street in Brussels city where there are […]
17 October 2021
Johan Leman
In a first article, we explained how the authors of “Le clandestin de Daech” (Georges Dallemagne and Christophe Lamfalussy) see Oussama Atar (OA), the young boy from Willemsplein in Laeken, […]
12 October 2021
Johan Leman
Square Willems is cool. Especially when the sun is shining. And yet it is here that some young people came who planned the Paris and Brussels attacks. This is the […]
4 October 2021
Johan Leman
Recently I had two visitors, Mr Sylo Taraku and Mrs Vibeke Rachline, both from Norway. Sylo Taraku is of Kosovar origin, has Norwegian nationality and, as a member of the […]
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.