Barry
Barry, 28, arrived in Belgium from the Congo in 2002. With his wife and small baby, he was detained pending repatriation following the refusal of his asylum claim, but subsequently released. He had been politically active in the Congo, and continues this in Belgium, both for those still in the Congo, and for the rights of asylum seekers in Belgium.
Barry talks here with feeling about being locked in prison with his small baby, and of the lack of dignity and culture of disbelief inherent in the asylum system.
"I immediately changed my opinion of Europe...What really scared me was the prescence of new born babies at the centres."
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