Belgium's Asylum and Migration State Secretary Theo Francken attends a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's junior minister for immigration was widely criticised on Tuesday for saying migrants had enough money to pay for hotel rooms.
Europe has seen a huge influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa trying to escape poverty and violence at home and the issue has shot to international prominence as thousands try to make their way to Britain from the French port of Calais.
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