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"UN roundly condemns Belgian asylum policy,” headlinesDe Standaard. With nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers still homeless in Belgium, and the emergency housing the government promised for 4,000 of them yet to materialise, Belgium is accues of dragging its feet in a humanitarian crisis already denounced weeks ago by the UN. TheUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is now demanding the government come up with a solution without further ado, and is counting on the population to get involved, explains the Belgian daily. "Ten years ago, Belgium was capable of handling over 40,000 applications for asylum [per year], now it can’t even accommodate half as many,” denounces a UN spokesperson quoted by the paper. The Belgian Secretary of State for Social Integration is scheduled to meet with the ministers concerned and the mayors of Brussels to discuss the matter on 30 November.
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