Michaela Bauer; Richard Bishop

Michaela Bauer and Richard Bishop and their sons

One family’s decision to take in refugees: ‘We’re all in the same boat’

Conflict

We don’t hear much about Belgium when it comes to Europe’s migrant crisis, but it too is struggling to cope with an influx of foreigners arriving to claim asylum. In Brussels, volunteers are opening up their homes to refugee families so they don’t have to sleep in the streets while they wait for the appointments with immigration officials.