2023-09-15 16:57:51
Around a hundred asylum seekers, helped by around ten associations such as Coordination and Initiatives for Refugees and Foreigners (Ciré) and the Solidaris network, set up a surprise camp of around sixty tents on Place Sainte- Cross in Flagey (Ixelles), Friday around 6:00 p.m.
This camp was set up because of the situation.particularly explosive” in Brussels. According to Amin, an asylum seeker for more than six months, it was established to give visibility to what the State wants to camouflage: “The authorities want at all costs to hide the consequences of their failures to comply with the laws, their missions and human dignity.“.
At the end of August, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor, announced that single men would temporarily no longer be welcomed into the Fedasil network. On Wednesday, the Council of State judged that this decision did not respect the right to reception, conferred on all applicants by the law of January 12, 2007.
Nicole de Moor then declared in a publication on X that she would not change her policy, despite the multiple convictions. According to the coordinators of the operation, other events that occurred in recent days would have motivated international protection asylum seekers to set up this camp, including the “cleaning” at the Gare du Midi and the declaration of Catherine Moureaux, mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, concerning the ban on setting up tents along the canal.
“We call on citizens to come to the camp to show their support“, shares Sacha, a supportive citizen. The occupiers want to call on the government to take urgent measures to welcome isolated men into the Fedasil network.
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