Dozens of people sleep in tents lined up along the canal. Brusselswith temperatures below zero, in a bloody illustration of an asylum crisis in the heart of the so-called capital of Europe.
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Those who sleep in this makeshift camp in Brussels These are asylum seekers from Afghanistan, sub-Saharan Africa, Eritrea, the Palestinian territories and Syria.
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“This is not what I dreamed of,” said Moussa, 21, who left Sierra Leone in 2020 and now sleeps on the streets. Brussels.
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Some of these people say they lived on the streets Brussels despite the European winter, they cannot shower or wash their clothes and have to rely on food from humanitarian organizations.
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Suleiman Camara, 24, arrived in Brussels at the end of January after a difficult four-year journey from Guinea to Belgium passing through Mali, Algeria and Tunisia before heading to Italy by boat.
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“Eating and sleeping outdoors is difficult… I want to study and work,” said Suleiman Camara, who said he was an artist’s apprentice and now shares his tent with another migrant on the streets of the city. Brussels while their asylum applications are being considered.
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This week, the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sounded the alarm about the “undignified” conditions in which migrants are being held in Brusselsand a dozen dry closets and a sink with access to the water supply were installed nearby.
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The makeshift camp along the canal has grown from around 60 tents to over 120 today. The situation clearly worsened, and migrants were forced to spend the night on the streets Brussels for six months.
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Belgium According to official figures, it registered nearly 37,000 asylum applications in 2022, an increase of 11,000 from the previous year. This increase in the number of people arriving is registered throughout the European Union.
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Officials Belgium They stated that their goal is to expedite the processing of applications in order to return so-called “economic immigrants” to their country of origin more quickly.
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Source: RPP
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