Amitié Sans Frontières

Amitié Sans Frontières (Dutch: Vriendschap Zonder Grenzen, VZG) is a Belgian volunteer network that supports refugees, migrants, undocumented people (sans-papiers) and homeless people. It emerged from an initiative by activists of the Workers' Party of Belgium (Partij van de Arbeid van België). The movement advocates for migrants' rights, raises awareness about the situation of migrants and refugees, and carries out actions and projects to support these groups. Since the end of 2015, volunteers have distributed food parcels every Friday to homeless people and refugees. In March 2020, both the Immigration Office and reception centres closed their doors due to strict coronavirus measures. The lockdown at that time also made asylum procedures more difficult, making queues even longer. Such actions took place among others at the reception centre at the Klein Kasteeltje and the Maximilian Park in Brussels. On 9 March 2022, members of VZG demonstrated in Brussels as part of a peace protest against the war in Ukraine. Together with members of, among others, Vrede vzw and Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, demonstrators formed a human chain of 200 people.

Amitié Sans Frontières (Dutch: Vriendschap Zonder Grenzen, VZG) is a Belgian volunteer network that supports refugees, migrants, undocumented people (sans-papiers) and homeless people. It emerged from an initiative by activists of the Workers' Party of Belgium (Partij van de Arbeid van België). The movement advocates for migrants' rights, raises awareness about the situation of migrants and refugees, and carries out actions and projects to support these groups. Since the end of 2015, volunteers have distributed food parcels every Friday to homeless people and refugees. In March 2020, both the Immigration Office and reception centres closed their doors due to strict coronavirus measures. The lockdown at that time also made asylum procedures more difficult, making queues even longer. Such actions took place among others at the reception centre at the Klein Kasteeltje and the Maximilian Park in Brussels. On 9 March 2022, members of VZG demonstrated in Brussels as part of a peace protest against the war in Ukraine. Together with members of, among others, Vrede vzw and Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, demonstrators formed a human chain of 200 people.

• Volunteers began distributing food parcels every Friday to homeless people and refugees.

• Immigration Office and reception centres closed due to coronavirus measures; actions continued at Klein Kasteeltje and Maximilian Park in Brussels.

• Members demonstrated in Brussels as part of a peace protest against the war in Ukraine, forming a human chain of 200 people.

Grassroots volunteer network advocating for migrants' rights and providing direct support to refugees, migrants, undocumented people and homeless people in Belgium.

1. 1Amitié Sans Frontièreswikidata.org
2. 2Vriendschap Zonder Grenzennl.wikipedia.org