Because the state asylum accommodation is chronically overburdened, the Belgian government now wants to reserve places for families with children and exclude single men.
Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole De Moor, said on Tuesday evening that she wanted to “get ahead of the increasing flow of families and children to absolutely prevent children from ending up on the streets in winter”. The number of asylum applications has risen sharply in recent times.
Amnesty: ‘Government buries human rights’
According to broadcaster VRT Nieuws, the Flemish Refugee Organization criticized that this step was in violation of applicable law. “The Belgian government is burying human rights when it refuses to house male asylum seekers who enter the country alone,” said Philippe Hensmans of Amnesty International Belgium.
De Moor defended the government’s position that it “has already done a lot”. The State Secretary called on other EU countries to intensify their efforts. Asylum accommodation is chronically overstretched in the country of about 11.5 million people. According to estimates by the competent authority, about 3,000 people seeking protection in Belgium were homeless at the beginning of this year.
Source: Krone
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