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Unaccompanied foreign minor in Belgium: What are you rights ?

In the framework of the ReACT project, ECPAT Belgium produced a video and a folder to inform unaccompanied foreign minors on their rights in Belgium (access to a guardian, to a doctor, residence permit, etc). These tools provide necessary information in a language that is simple, clear and concise. They were translated into 13 languages: French, English, Dutch, German, Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Albanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Pashto, Farsi, and Pidgin-English.

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Press conference “I say STOP!”

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During the press conference with Ministers Reynders and Geens, ECPAT Belgium has presented the study “Fighting impunity of transnational child sex offenders. What is the impact of the Belgian extraterritorial legislation?”.

The recommendations made in the study have been positively received by the Ministers who announced that they will take the necessary measures. One more step for the protection of children!

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Pieter Ceulen arrested in Cambodia

Pieter Ceulen, pedophile from Antwerp, was arrested last night in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. He was convicted to 19 years imprisonement on 21st January. It is reported that he abused several Cambodian and Philippine children, including his own foster daughters. 750 gigabytes of child pornography were found during a house-search.

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There have been negotiations over the last two weeks between the family of the fugitive pedophile and the Cambodian government. The private banker felt chased and his family feared that Ceulen wouldn’t survive Cambodian imprisonment.

It was agreed between Cambodia and Prosecutor General’s Office in Antwerp that Ceulen would be extradited to Belgium after his arrest. Relatives reported that “Pieter Ceulen is on his way to Belgium at this very moment”.

Source: La Libre Belgique

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