The Belgian government has told potential irregular migrants to Europe to put their dreams to rest because the Golden Fleece no longer exists in Europe.
Belgian Foreigners Director-General Freddie Rousemont told journalists in Abuja on Friday that there is currently no room for people to immigrate in his country, noting that many irregular migrants are forced to live on the streets. . .
He therefore stressed that most dreams of a better life in Europe are false, as it is not easy to survive there, and argued that the economic meltdown is a global phenomenon.
he said: “First of all, let people know correctly, because people often leave with dreams. I told the investor that next week you can win the lottery and get a million euros. If I tell him, he believes me it’s a dream, but is that dream realistic? Not at all.
“So first of all, we need to take away dreams. Dreams are not reality. That is why I tell you and I hope that through you the people will know that dreams are not reality.
“It’s not easy to survive in Europe unless you get a decent job, no employer or university. Dreams are fake.
He said the number of legal immigrants allowed is limited and severely restricted, noting that it only targets “a limited number of people who have gone through a number of conditions.” Anyone who wants to study abroad in Belgium is very welcome. But first he wants to go to university, be able to keep up with the studies there in English, have something like the basics for studying medicine if he is studying medicine, and want to become an engineer. If so, you must demonstrate that you have academic ability. Technical knowledge that he is good at mathematics etc. So, it is in this sector that universities select their desired talent, not only from Nigeria but from anywhere in the world as well.
“There is a possibility of a job, but the Belgian employer will be looking for someone who can fill the position in his company. He would ask at the Belgian office because he knows of “Labour Services,” and if he can contact you, he will make a deal and take you on. Family reunions are easy.
“So you need a family, you need a wife and children. But those three are the three main levels of legal immigration.”
He also warned that coming to Belgium for asylum purposes would also be unsuccessful, as the chances of obtaining a residence permit would be low.
“So at the moment we have to limit the admission of asylum seekers to vulnerable groups, namely families and women with children.
“So at the moment there are a lot of asylum seekers living on the streets in Brussels, but I can assure you that the temperature in Brussels is not the temperature here in Abuja. It has gone down to -7, -5. It’s about 0 degrees Celsius.
“So it’s really not easy to survive in Brussels without any help.
“By law we are obliged to give that assistance, but we cannot do it because the seats are full or simply not occupied.It is a very difficult situation for Belgium, but newspapers and magazines If you walk around the streets of Brussels, you will see people everywhere sleeping on the streets, trying to survive without any help.
“Secondly, we see that in big cities many people, especially girls, are forced into prostitution.
“When we find girls like that, we try to help them, and we try to help them so that they come and leave people guilty of that crime.”
He also added that the Belgian Ministry of Justice has certain procedures to assist girls who want to leave the profession. So we have pretty good information about what they have to do and what they earn. They won’t earn anything and their passports will be taken away. Their humanity will be taken away and that’s where they will end up. That is why we have to let our people, Nigerians and Nigerian youth know that such things are still going on in Europe and Belgium.
“It’s not realistic and it’s very dangerous to let young people know that going to Europe is not a dream, that going to Belgium is not a dream,” Roosemont told the media, calling for public education. appealed for support. That’s why I explained it simply. That is also why we came to Nigeria last week to try to tell the youth, directly or indirectly, that what they want is not realistic. That’s very dangerous. ”