Rule of Law Abnegated - The Illusion of Asylum Seekers’ Rights in Belgium

This year is the second winter that thousands of asylum seekers will spend on the cold streets of Brussels. More than 2700 of them are still without any material assistance and shelter. 869 of them have a domestic court order recognising their right to reception, yet the Belgian government has consistently refused to implement them. This deliberate refusal to secure the human rights of migrants, especially where these are single males, is not only creating a humanitarian disaster in Belgium’s streets but also undermines the raison d’être of Belgian democracy. While the government’s actions hav... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sarah Ganty
Eva Sevrin
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044 (2024)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
Schlagwörter: Asylum Proceedings / Belgium / migrant rights / Right to Asylum / Rule of Law / Law / K
Sprache: Deutsch
Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28937790
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.59704/38a104c9caf0fef0

This year is the second winter that thousands of asylum seekers will spend on the cold streets of Brussels. More than 2700 of them are still without any material assistance and shelter. 869 of them have a domestic court order recognising their right to reception, yet the Belgian government has consistently refused to implement them. This deliberate refusal to secure the human rights of migrants, especially where these are single males, is not only creating a humanitarian disaster in Belgium’s streets but also undermines the raison d’être of Belgian democracy. While the government’s actions have been condemned by human rights experts and courts alike, we argue it is arguably reflective of a worrying wider trend in the EU of the impotence of the law to secure human rights for migrants.