Asylum seekers left homeless

 

The cold winter weather has brought to the forefront of discussions the issue of reception of asylum seekers. This month, the thermometer reached -10°C, and there are nearly 7,000 homeless asylum seekers: emergency housing still lacks and the new places promised by the government are still to be opened. NGOs are mobilised, but the situation is such that UNHCR accused the country of "dragging its feet in a humanitarian crisis".

Source: ECRE Weekly Bulletin 10 December 2010

 

Falsified medical certificates for asylum seekers?

Undocumented migrants as well as asylum seekers may apply for a one-year renewable residence permit on medical grounds. Whenever their application is found to be admissible, the applicants will receive a temporary residence permit, before it is decided on its merits. A doctor, who supplied over 500 medical certificates - mainly for his fellow-countrymen -, to start such procedure, has recently been arrested, being suspected of human trafficking, and hundreds of files have been seized. Applications for a residence permit on medical grounds have risen from 392 in 2006 to over 8.000 in 2009.

Source: De Morgen, Megafraude met medische attesten asielzoekers

 

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