Around 250 undocumented immigrants at the Beguinage Church in Ste. Catherine Square, Brussels are seeking for residence in the country. The immigrants turned the church into a camp and went on a hunger strike as the government responded negatively to their asylum-residence demands. They are waiting for the government to take action and make legal regulation. The European Union (EU) is preparing a new asylum package.
Although a new agency for migration is foreseen to be established, it is not expected that immigrants’ residence demands will be met positively in short term.
Mustafa Ulusoy