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Immigrants on hunger strike receive award in Brussels

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Brussels (Belgium), Jul 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) The Union of the Paperless for Regularization, in charge of coordinating the fight for the regularization of immigrants in Belgium and which currently occupies three establishments with protesters in hunger strike, received this Tuesday notification of the civic pride award, awarded by the international solidarity organization Foro Cívico Europeo.FOOTAGE OF THE PAPERLESS IN BRUSSELS AND SOUNDBITES FROM PIETRO BARTOLO, EURO DEPUTY, AND JAN ROBERT SUESSER, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN CIVIC FORUM. TRANSLATION"I hope that the Belgian Government can amend its path and give an answer to these people, who have not come to commit crimes or to do harm." "It is not a question of an award", but of "recognizing the resistance of these people and their ability to protest against a situation of great social difficulty." SUESSER "There is this struggle and this government that believes itself strong because it does not hear or listen to the demand that they are making."

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