Refugees welcome?

The aim of the Groupe du Vendredi's report is to understand the process people arriving in Belgium today have to go through in order to improve the process for those arriving in the future. It illustrates the typical scenario of a young Syrian man whom we shall refer to as Adnan, who has fled his home town of Aleppo and come to Belgium alone to seek asylum. His age and the humanitarian and security crisis in his country are representative of the asylum seekers currently arriving at our borders. Every stage, from Adnan's arrival in Belgium up to his adaptation to Belgian society as a refugee, illustrates the problems encountered and the possible solutions that public and private stakeholders from civil society, or citizens on an individual basis, could implement. Together, these initiatives can change the lives of new asylum seekers and contribute to a reception and integration model worthy of the values our country claims to defend.