In Brussels took place today for the second year in a row a demonstration against racism place on the occasion of the International Day against Racism and Discrimination on march 21. Such a 3.850 protesters gathered this afternoon in the centre of the city, reports the police.
The protesters left around 14 hours to the north station in the direction of the mont des arts, and would be around 16 hours arrived at the Vossenplein. So there was this afternoon, traffic problems may be on the small ring and in the center of the city, warned the police. the
The protesters chanted “Solidarity with people all over the world”, “Stop discrimination”, “We have had it with hate. We have had it with racists. We have had it with fascists. We have had it with terrorists”.
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The demonstration is an initiative of Platform 21/03, consisting of over 120 organisations that racism in the society to protest and call for “solidarity, human rights and a dignified life for all”. The platform will have the support of, among others, Heart Above Hard, the minorities forum, the trade unions ACV and ABVV and various youth groups. the
in Addition to the manifestation suggested the platform also has a set of demands with real issues that must be part of a “coordinated inter-federal action plan”. Among other is there a call for discrimination faster to detect at areas as the labour market, the housing market and in education, and wants to “vluchtelingenopvang that the human rights respects, not closed centers’.