Undocumented migrants on hunger strike for status in Belgium

Hundreds of undocumented migrants have been on a hunger strike for more than a month, requesting to be regularized by the Belgian government to have access to health care.

Asylum-seekers lay on mattresses in the Belgian university.

Sofiane is one of the asylum-seekers who has sewn his lips together, Belgium, June 29, 2021.

An asylum-seeker is helped by people before being evacuated to a hospital on the campus of Belgium university ULB, where hundreds of migrants are going on hunger strike, in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2021.

An asylum-seeker is transported amid his hunger strike.

A woman lays in the crowded room of the university.

Another asylum-seeker is transported to a hospital by health care workers on the campus of Belgium university ULB.

Women are seen resting with the other asylum-seekers on hunger strike.

Mohamed Lamine, an Algerian asylum-seeker, is seen with his lips sewed together.

Asylum-seeker Youssef Bouzidi, who has been on a hunger strike for a month, is helped by a person on campus.

An asylum-seeker lies on a stretcher after trying to commit suicide.

One of the asylum-seekers prays on campus.

One of the asylum-seekers on hunger strike is evacuated to a hospital by health care workers.

Hasni Abderrazzek, 44, a Tunisian asylum-seeker, is seen with his lips sewed together.

Youssef Bouzidi, a Moroccan asylum-seeker, is examined by a health care worker in a room on the campus of Belgium university ULB.