About 40 people are now staying in De Lork, and about 80 more asylum seekers will arrive in Peace Village by December 11. “Unacceptable,” according to Vlaams Belang West Flanders. And they made that clear on Monday evening. “This is another slap in the face to the West Flemish voter who is more than full of mass migration. There is only one solution to this unprecedented asylum crisis and that is not to create more reception places, but to admit fewer asylum seekers. Our people must be put first again,” says Sarah T’Joens of Vlaams Belang West Flanders.
The emergency shelter will remain in Heuvelland and Mesen until the end of January 2024.