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Growing number of asylum applications by unaccompanied minors: 7 out of ten are over 18 years old

23 October 2015

In recent months there was a sharp increase in the number of unaccompanied minors which petitioned Belgium for asylum. Of the 1,305 minors who applied for asylum until August, 733 applicants were subjected to an age assessment with a bone scan. In 506 of the examined cases (69%), the presumed minor …

Zuhal Demir: “Belgium needs more migrants who work”

21 October 2015

“Belgium has a big problem getting second and third generation migrants to work,” says MP Zuhal Demir. A mere 48 percent, i.e. not even half, of all our citizens with an immigration background finds a job, according to OECD figures. Only France does worse, among our neighbouring countries. “The …

New Finance website explains the tax shift to citizens

20 October 2015

Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt wants to involve citizens more closely in the tax shift and better inform them about the various aspects of this tax reform. That is why his office has recently launched www.mijntaxshift.be: a website that explains the large package of measures of the tax …

Minister Jambon: “Address the problem of outlaw motorcycle gangs on the international level”

15 October 2015

Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany will cooperate more closely to tackle cross-border problems with outlaw motorcycle gangs. The approach of these OMGs is also further strengthened on the Benelux level, following an agreement between Jan Jambon, the Minister of Security and the Interior and his …

Tax shift: the long-awaited reduction in labour costs

13 October 2015

The federal government has finalised the budgetary control and the tax shift. “The outcome is the biggest tax reform since 1963,” says Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt. “A reform that benefits citizens and companies. We lower the cost of labour and strengthen purchasing power and …

Targeted police efforts against people smuggling is bearing fruit

8 October 2015

At the request of Minister of Security and Internal Affairs Jan Jambon, the federal police have launched targeted control campaigns since last month in an effort to combat human smuggling and illicit human trafficking. “After just two weeks we already arrested 350 people without documents and two …

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