Cameroonian suicide in Belgium sparks riots at detention facility

Immigant detention is not only an issue in teh United States.  Afrik.com reports that a young Cameroonian asylum seeker in Belgium committed suicide in detention center in Belgium. The tragedy has sparked violent reactions from other immigrants in the detention center. The young man, who arrived in Belgium in 2005, was denied asylum and then detained. Last Saturday, while the police tried to put him aboard a plane bound for Cameroon, the young man struggled so violently that the captain of the plane refused to allow him board the flight. He was scheduled to be repatriated again when he killed himself.

KJ