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Col­la­bo­ra­ting with the Tali­ban regime in the name of “admi­nis­tra­tive” mat­ters ? Opi­nion piece by Meh­di Kas­sou, CEO, and the Board of Direc­tors of Bel­Re­fu­gees, publi­shed in Le Soir. I was dee­ply sur­pri­sed, while rea­ding the press this wee­kend, to dis­co­ver that Bel­gium had, through Fred­dy Roo­se­mont, Direc­tor Gene­ral of the Immi­gra­tion Office, taken part — on behalf […]

In Brus­sels, pover­ty is pushed out of sight rather than addres­sed : police vio­lence and exclu­sio­na­ry poli­cies at the heart of the home­less­ness cri­sis An article publi­shed by Apache sheds alar­ming light on the situa­tion in Brus­sels : home­less people are facing not only a severe lack of shel­ter options but also sys­te­ma­tic police vio­lence, fuel­led by a deliberately […]

Not a single child left on the street. Per­iod. Bel­Re­fu­gees, Amnes­ty Inter­na­tio­nal, CIRÉ, Ligue des Familles and other orga­ni­sa­tions com­mit­ted to the rights of migrants and/or chil­dren invite you to join the sta­tic and pea­ce­ful gathe­rings on Fri­day 5 Decem­ber, orga­ni­sed across Wal­lo­nia and Brus­sels. This Fri­day 5 Decem­ber, on the eve of Saint Nicho­las Day, dozens of […]

“No Chil­dren on the Streets”: A First Fami­ly Finds Refuge in the Bégui­nage Church At the Bégui­nage Church, a first fami­ly found refuge last night. The fami­ly had alrea­dy been gran­ted refu­gee sta­tus in ano­ther Euro­pean Union coun­try. Due to recent mea­sures, such fami­lies are no lon­ger entit­led to accom­mo­da­tion in Bel­gium.This shel­ter ini­tia­tive is part of […]

Cold Wea­ther Plan : Concern and Anger in the Sec­tor Fol­lo­wing the End of Sub­si­dies Our organizations[1] condemn the fede­ral government’s deci­sion to eli­mi­nate sub­si­dies for the Cold Wea­ther Plan. This pro­gram had allo­wed five major cities to imple­ment day and night mea­sures to accom­mo­date home­less people — men, women, and fami­lies with chil­dren — bet­ween Novem­ber and March. Action In […]

Press release 01/10/2025 Today, seven orga­ni­za­tions, inclu­ding huma­ni­ta­rian groups, are publi­shing the fifth edi­tion of their Bel­gian report on the “non-recep­­­tion” poli­cy and its harm­ful conse­quences for asy­lum see­kers in Bel­gium. The report high­lights how Belgium’s unlaw­ful poli­cy of refu­sing recep­tion to asy­lum see­kers has ente­red a new and alar­ming phase in 2025, with recent government […]