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Belgium's refugee crisis has returned to the top of the agenda as long lines have been forming outside Brussels’ reception centre, closed for four days during the long holiday weekend,.
Almost four months after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several Flemish municipalities are sounding the alarm as more and more families currently hosting Ukrainian refugees are
Belgium’s minister for asylum and migration Sammy Mahdi is suspected of knowingly violating asylum seekers' right to reception.
The Covid-19 pandemic saw huge chunks of society move online practically overnight.
Fewer Ukrainian refugees than first predicted have arrived in Belgium since the beginning of the war with Russia, Bruzz reports.
On average, 500 Ukrainian refugees are now registering at reception centres in Brussels every day, reports Bruzz.
Pierre Verbeeren, the coordinator for Ukrainian refugees in Brussels, says the city wants to offer temporary shelter to 20,000 refugees from Ukraine by July.
Thirty trucks chartered by the Belgian First Aid and Support Team (B-Fast), 14 by the federal health department, and €85 million released so far.
The Brussels-Capital Region has launched an information website related to the Ukrainian crisis, including details on how refugees can find housing, transportation, employment, schools for their c