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

Rule of Law Abnegated - The Illusion of Asylum Seekers’ Rights in Belgium Ganty, Sarah Author aut Sevrin, Eva Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-01-17 eng 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Ganty, Sarah Asylum Proceedings Belgium migrant rights Right to Asylum Rule of Law 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/rule-of-law-abnegated/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/38a104c9caf0fef0 240117 10.59704/38a104c9caf0fef0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)