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Aid organisation Samusocial has opened a new shelter for homeless single men in a former rest home in the Brussels neighbourhood of Forest.

Illustration picture shows the presentation of the Orig-Ami cardboard shelter for homeless people, at the Brussels North Station, Friday 29 December 2017. The foldable cardboard triangle shaped shelter is designed and developed to help homeless people. BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK
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The ORIG-AMI initiative, now in its fifth consecutive year, has set itself the objective of distributing between 500 to 1,000 cardboard tents and as many sleeping bags to the homeless in Belgium’s

Illustration shows the conditions of waiting outside for asylum seekers in front of the 'Klein Kasteeltje - Petit Chateau' Fedasil registration centre for asylum seekers in Brussels, Wednesday 01 December 2021. Several humanitarian organizations denounce the fact that people are sleeping in the streets due to a lack of places in shelters, about 100 people are camping on the sidewalk in dire circumstances. (BELGA PHOTO HATIM KAGHAT)
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In the cold, the wind, and the rain, hundreds of asylum seekers wait every day in front of the Petit Château in Brussels in the hope of being invited in.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration picture shows homeless people in the tunnel between the subway station and the train station in Brussels Central Station. (BELGA PHOTO SISKA GREMMELPREZ)
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The number of homeless people in Brussels, including children and young people as well as adults, has increased by 27.72% over the last two years but, according to an initial national census relea

20120201 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration picture shows two homeless men receiving hot food from volunteers on the streets of Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO KRISTOF VAN ACCOM)
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As temperatures drop to below -10°C at night across Belgium, those who sleep on the country’s streets are in increased danger of freezing to death.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration picture shows homeless people in the tunnel between the subway station and the train station in Brussels Central Station. (BELGA PHOTO SISKA GREMMELPREZ)
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A survey undertaken by aid organisation Bruss'Help to determine the number of homeless people in Brussels took place on Monday night between 23.00 and midnight.

Illustration picture shows homeless people at a subway entrance in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)
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In the midst of a second wave of coronavirus infections, under a curfew and with winter on its way, the capacity for homeless shelters in the Brussels region are at breaking point, and there is a