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TER APEL — 10 Munasar Muhyiddin, who fled Somalia in 2020 after Islamic extremists killed most of his family, says his brother died trying to go to Europe. He hoped he would finally find refuge in Holland.
But when he arrived at the country's main reception center for asylum-seekers in the town of Tel He in the town of Appel in the north, there was a line of hundreds of people in front of him, We were forced to camp by the roadside. A thunderstorm soaked his bedding.
The Dutch Refugee Council says Muhyiddin's story and many similar ones have prompted the country to sue over the "inhumane" treatment of newcomers. .
“In refugee camps in conflict zones, there are no other options.” “There is no refugee crisis in the Netherlands.
Hundreds have been forced to sleep on the muddy ground there, and the council said the terms of dozens of other centers for asylum seekers
"I have no family left," said 18-year-old Muhyiddin. He explained that nearly two years ago he had fled the El-He-Dale district of Somalia after an attack by al-Shabab militants. "They killed my mother, father and brother."
He cried, telling Reuters he fled with his only remaining brother, Abdallah. said. He drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece by boat. "He was my last dream." said they fled violence and oppression in They also said they were unable to access safe havens because of long lines. The government has failed," he said.
Defunding and understaffing of the Dutch asylum and refugee system had created a situation that was "inhumane and violates European refugee guidelines."
The council, scheduled for hearing on 15 September, called for improved conditions by 1 October, including access to clean water, showers, privacy, adequate food and medical care. is doing.
A spokesperson for the government's Central Agency for Receiving Asylum Seekers, which oversees shelters, said the system was overwhelmed with arrivals.
The bed shortage has reached the thousands, added Leon Werth. "Every place is packed, hundreds of people arrive every day. We need 51,000 by the end of the year, but we only have 45,000."
Exiled in Holland after Russian invasion. The shelters for Ukrainians who don't have to apply for refugees are almost full, he said. (Reporting by Anthony Deutsch, Editing by John Stonestreet)
