Belgium: Correspondence with the government concerning the alleged ill-treatment of detained asylum-seekers

Index Number: EUR 14/001/1999
Date Published: 31 May 1999
Categories: Belgium, Europe And Central Asia

This document summarizes an exchange of correspondence which has taken place between Amnesty International and the Belgian Government since September 1998 when Semira Adamu, a Nigerian asylum seeker died after an attempt to deport her forcibly.