2023-05-02
GITEGA - The Burundi Balkan Route offered several thousand Burundians a way out of their homeland in crisis in 2022.
As a result of Serbian Kosovo diplomacy, an estimated 8,000 Burundians travelled to Serbia without visas. After the sudden increase in Burundian asylum applications was noticed, Europe put pressure on and Serbia closed the door. Journalists Alain Majesté Barenga and Elien Spillebeen examined the human consequences of a series of remarkable political decisions.
Team members
Supported
€3.300 allocated on 08/12/2022.ID
FPD/2022/1990Grant
ONLINE/PRINT
- Fouler l'espace Schengen à tout prix, Alain-Majesté Barenga, Radop Inzamba, 23/02/2023.
- Voir l'espace Schengen et mourir: Une enquête du Journaliste Alain Majesté Barenga sur l'exode de jeunes Burundais vers la Serbie, Alain Majesté Barenga, 23/02/2023.
- Hoe Servische diplomatie het leven van deze Burundezen omgooide, Elien Spillebeen, MO*, 20/05/2023.
- Op zoek naar een thuis, een zoon, geluk tout court, Elien Spillebeen, MO*, 09/05/2023.
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