Belgium is ‘full’: Government launches social media campaign urging people not to seek asylum
Belgium’s new minister for asylum and migration, Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), has launched a new social media campaign discouraging people from seeking asylum in Belgium because its reception centres are overwhelmed.
Asylum crisis: Organisations ‘powerless’ as winter approaches
Aid organisations in Brussels are warning that the asylum crisis is far from resolved and there still are not enough places to house refugees as the cold winter months approach.
Amnesty International condemns Belgium’s failure to provide enough aid to asylum seekers
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has condemned Belgium’s shortcomings when it comes to providing asylum to refugees and humane conditions in the country’s prisons.
Immigration in Belgium at record high, says OECD
More than six million new permanent immigrants, excluding Ukrainian refugees, have been registered in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2022 – a 26% increase compared to the previous year and the highest level of permanent migration since at least 2005.
