The Belgian army will help the asylum organization Fedasil find extra places for refugees. A dozen soldiers will also see if Fedasil can make better use of the current reception areas, he reports The morning.
Nicole de Moor, the secretary of state responsible for asylum reception, had already asked government organizations for help several times.
Asylum reception centers are also very full in Belgium. Last week, minors had to sleep on the street for the first time in Brussels. “Situations comparable to those of Ter Apel,” a spokesman for VluchtelingenWerk Vlaanderen said about the situation. The number of reception places in Belgium is low and Fedasil is also struggling with a shortage of staff.
The defense is now deploying a command and control cell, explains a spokesman for Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder The morning from. These soldiers will investigate whether Fedasil can fill existing posts more efficiently.
In addition, there will be a crisis center, with which the army will seek new shelters. This should have meant 1,500 more reception places by 1 December.
Fedasil quit his job for an hour out of dissatisfaction
Hours after a Fedasil personnel strike, it was announced that the army would intervene. On Thursday afternoon, employees stopped working for an hour for the second time in a few months. They did so out of dissatisfaction with the stalled asylum system.
“The staff are tired after a series of crises,” a director of a shelter center told the local news media. Bruzz.be. “At Fedasil there are no problems with getting wet. We do it often, but it must also make sense and there must be a medium and long-term perspective.”
