Belgium to Negotiate Migrant Returns
Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Belgium’s Asylum and Migration Minister, is planning to visit Turkey and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to negotiate migrant return accords. NGOs have expressed concern….
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‘We Have to Regularise Them’: Europe’s Deportation-First Border Policy, as Told by the Judges and Police who Enforce It
This article was written by researchers Olga Jubany (Catedrática en Antropologia Social, Universitat de Barcelona)and Sevda Tunaboylu (Investigadora Postdoctoral, Universitat de Barcelona). The European Commission is pressing ahead with its new Common European….
Dutch Courts Rule Belgian Migrant Reception Violates Human Rights
The highest court advising the government in the Netherlands has announced on Wednesday that sending single, male asylum-seekers to Belgium should no longer be permitted, as Belgian authorities are no….
Belgium Successfully Slows Down Migration
In Belgium, the number of the applications decreased by 8.8 percent in 2023, with more than 29 000 initial asylum applications – brusselstimes.com reports. This is in stark contrast to….
Belgian Ombudsman to Intervene Against Revoking Migrants’ Nationality
The Belgian Federal Ombudsman has asked Belgium’s Immigration Office to immediately stop instructing municipalities to revoke Belgian nationality of children born to Palestinian parents according to L’Echo.be. Federal Ombudsman Jérome….