Cineblend, SAVAN's monthly evening with dinner, film, and debate, has the following theme on November 1:

In Detention

Cineblend is organizing this evening in collaboration with Movies that Matter. The return of rejected asylum seekers and 'illegal aliens' is high on the cabinet's agenda. Pending their deportation, people are detained in immigration detention centers. Minister Leers calls his policy strict and fair. The Netherlands is temporarily blocking the accession of countries such as Romania and Bulgaria to the EU because it fears a massive influx of fortune seekers and criminals.

Where does this image of foreigners as illegals and economic fortune seekers, which supposedly justifies immigration detention, come from? Do the media pay enough attention to the other side: the perspective of the asylum seeker? How do they feel they are portrayed, and how could it be different? What are the most appropriate media to nuance the perception of asylum seekers and foreigners?

The guests are:
Rogier Kappers, anthropologist and director of Surprising Europe, Christian Nana, one of the people portrayed in the series Surprising Europe, and Annemarie Busser, Migration Policy Officer, Human Rights Programme at Amnesty International.

We look forward to seeing you at this inspiring evening!

Location
Amsterdam



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