“I tried to resist, but when threats go too far, the first thing we consider is to protect ourselves and to move our family to safety.”

(Français) Voici les tracts et affiches que vous pouvez imprimer pour la marche citoyenne de ce dimanche 27 septembre.

Cientos de refugiados acampan ante la oficina de Extranjería de Bruselas

“When I was in Bagdad I was singing to earn a living. Islamic terrorists are picking on musicians like me. I had to leave in order to stay alive.”

Yasser is from Bagdad. For years he suffered interfaith conflicts between Sunni and Shiite muslims, which notably led him having to stop his studies.

“In my country my husband and I were schoolteachers. We belonged to the middle class, we had a house and a car.”

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(Français) Mohamed a quitté la Syrie il y a un an pour fuir la guerre. Il était étudiant en droit et travaillait dans un commerce pour payer ses études.

“I was working in a dental care laboratory, I had a good situation there. But the bombings destroyed our neighbourhood. Most of our friends died.”