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Non-recep­­tion poli­cy : people left behind in a docu­men­ted cri­sis For seve­ral years now, the recep­tion cri­sis has been drag­ging on and get­ting worse. People are being left without shel­ter, without access to their rights, and without solu­tions. Vluch­te­lin­gen­werk Vlaan­de­ren, CIRÉ, the Huma­ni­ta­rian Hub, Doc­tors of the World, Méde­cins Sans Fron­tières, Cari­tas Inter­na­tio­nal, and we at BelRefugees […]

Bel­Re­fu­gees joins Amnesty’s call for digni­fied recep­tion condi­tions Bel­Re­fu­gees is a signa­to­ry to the peti­tion, signed by 23,572 people, which Amnes­ty Inter­na­tio­nal Bel­gium has just sub­mit­ted to Minis­ter Van Bos­suyt, cal­ling for digni­fied recep­tion condi­tions for eve­ryone see­king inter­na­tio­nal pro­tec­tion in Bel­gium. Des­pite more than 12,000 convic­tions, the government’s poli­cy conti­nues to exclude people from the […]

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 […]