Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen: Turning Extreme Right Into Human Rights

On the occasion of the Flemish Community Day, mortierbrigade and NGO for refugees' rights "Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen" recycled the Belgian extreme right-wing party election posters into printed portraits of refugees. On these, Vlaams Belang's slogan "Our people first" has been revisited as "Our people too". The giant posters are displayed on the facade of the Beursschouwburg, in the heart of Brussels. Following the Belgian elections last May, a part of Flanders did not show its most welcoming side, preferring a closed community to a tolerant and open one. For NGO Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, that defends refugees’ rights, mortierbrigade draw attention to the importance of tolerance and integration of refugees in the Flanders of tomorrow. The agency collected Belgian extreme right-wing party Vlaams Belang's election posters after the elections and turned a negative message that excludes a large part of the population into a positive story.