Belgium

Belgian law grants undocumented migrants and asylum seekers the right to healthcare, but in practice many administrative obstacles impede their access to health services. MSF assists migrants in Belgium by providing medical care and advocates for government social services to face up to their responsibilities. in 2006/2007, teams also placed a specific emphasis on helping migrants in detention centres. MSF has witnessed the human cost of keeping critically ill patients in detention centres MSF provides regular psychological and medical consultations in the five detention centers in Vottem, Melsbroek, Steenokkerzeel, Merksplas and Brugge, where illegal migrants and asylum seekers are kept before being expelled. Out of the 206...