The Samusocial claims to have been forced, for lack of space, to refuse reception to 25 families, or nearly 100 people, on Monday day, a record.
“Our teams are faced with impossible arbitrations, forced to decide which families will be sheltered and which will have to stay on the street. This dramatic record illustrates the weight of homeless in Brussels today“, Land on the Samusocial.”This particularly alarming situation may still get worse with the entry into force, in early August, of the federal law relating to the withdrawal of material aid for certain applicants of international protection. The people concerned are now excluded from the Fedasil reception.“
“Refusing reception in the network of asylum seekers does not make these families disappear “adds Sébastien Roy, director general of the Samusocial.
Lack of answers “human and structural“To the migration question impacts the entire Brussels community and weakens social cohesion, denounces the organization. According to her, the absence of suitable and sustainable measures explodes precariousness and pushes more and more people to adopt risky strategies to deal with the insecurity and suffering of everyday life, in particular the occupation of squats, wandering in metro stations or use of risky behaviors.
