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Migrants: in Brussels, a totally saturated reception network

2023-02-10T19:15:25.158Z


In addition to the 63,000 Ukrainians who have reached the country and applied for temporary protection, in 2022 almost 37,000 people applied for international protection in Belgium.


Correspondent in Brussels

Muhammad, 32, paces.

And don't get angry.

"I am from Pakistan.

I joined Spain by boat via Libya four years ago.

I had papers, but they canceled them.

I've been in Brussels for ten days and they tell me that I have to go back to Spain because that's where I was registered.

It's decided.

I leave Europe and return to my country.

Refugees are not welcome here.”

Kamal, a 30-year-old Egyptian, joins the discussion.

“I too sleep on the street.

I proposed two years ago and now I'm waiting."

The two men, who will say no more about their journey, are among the 500 to 600 asylum seekers who visit the Brussels humanitarian hub every day, a reception center for migrants located on the edge of the capital's canal. Belgian, in a former exhibition center of the PSA group.

Here, you can eat, charge your phone, relax, wash, receive a few…

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Source: lefigaro

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