After a month-long informal camp near Belgium’s immigration office, the citizen support platform ended its operations in Maximilien Park on 1 October 2015. Refugees, volunteers, neighbourhood groups and CollectActif had built food distribution, shelter and other support while registration and reception capacity failed to meet need. The platform argued that leaving was necessary because a camp could not become a durable substitute for public responsibility. The episode showed both the political force and the limits of humanitarian solidarity.
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Why did the citizen support platform leave Maximilien Park in October 2015?
The platform said continued camp activity risked becoming an alibi for state inaction.
The citizen platform said the Maximilien camp could permanently substitute for public reception policy.
It withdrew partly because it rejected a camp becoming a durable substitute for state action.