The Ministry of Home Affairs submitted a new draft law reinforcing the current 'Platzverweis' policy. It would give police officers the authority to ban people from the city centre for up to 48 hours.
On Local Matters, Franziska discusses why this law is so controversial.
Centres for homeless people in Luxembourg are not well enough equipped to accommodate women. In our interview on Local Matters, Alexandra Oxacelay, the director of Stëmm vun der Stroos, tells us more about their situation.
A live in the streets is more dangerous and more violent for women than for men. Women tend to hide instead of seeking help, and avoid mixed spaces as they are often not adapted to women's needs. In Brussels, the Asbl L'Ilot last month opened a new day care centre - exclusively for women. Franziska went to interview the director Ariane Dierickx.
Out on the Theaterplaz, with his back against a pole and a cup out in front of him, Charel wishes passersby a nice day, and wraps the lingering ones up in conversation. Many who walk on come back around. Charel is so good at begging, he turned the activity into a profitable business. Join Nicolas Calmes as he too converses with Charel and learns about his life story.
For our last episode of this week’s Local Matters series on homelessness, I went to the social restaurant "Stemm vun der Strooss". I meant to ask those who live on the streets how they manage to keep up when it’s freezing out there. One man in his fifties was happy to talk, but not really interested in the questions I had for him. Let's listen to what he he wants to tell.
250 beds are available at Wanteraktioun (WAK), the emergency shelter for homeless people in winter.
As it is freezing outside, homeless people quickly become the most vulnerable in society. With a new call, the Red Cross wants to prevent people from ending up on the street by signing rental contracts with potential landlords and landladies. On Local Matters, we’ve had Enes Agovic on the microphone, social worker with the Red Cross.