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Assita Kanko wants a debate in the European Parliament on the failing Belgian asylum policy

22 February 2023

This week, MEP Assita Kanko examined the asylum policies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands. She did so with a delegation of seven MEPs from six European political groups. Following the visit and recent developments, Kanko wants a debate in the European Parliament. “The federal government is …

Maaike De Vreese: “Maximum support for European newcomers to enter integration courses”

21 February 2023

In addition to more than 30,000 temporarily displaced Ukrainians, nearly another 42,000 adult newcomers were also eligible for civic integration in Flanders in 2022. It is striking that there are many Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Spanish newcomers. That group alone accounts for almost 40% of all …

Zuhal Demir and Theo Francken: “Sticking asylum seekers in hotels without local authorities knowing is unacceptable”

16 February 2023

Flemish Minister for Tourism Zuhal Demir is appalled by the way federal Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor (CD&V party) is allowing asylum seekers to be transferred and accommodated in tourist infrastructure without informing the local authorities concerned. MP Theo Francken …

The Flemish Parliament recognises the Holodomor as genocide

15 February 2023

The Ukrainian term “Holodomor” refers to the extermination of peasants by starvation that took place in Ukraine 90 years ago by the communist regime in the Soviet Union. It is considered one of the biggest disasters in Ukrainian history. The majority parties in the Flemish Parliament now want to …

Geert Bourgeois: “European ethics body violates the separation of powers”

14 February 2023

MEP Geert Bourgeois warns against the establishment of a so-called “Ethics Body” within the European Parliament. “We are rightly outraged by Qatargate, but we must not simply jettison our fundamental achievements because of it. An inter-institutional body composed of externals, moreover partly …

The N-VA demands a general ban on tent camps in Brussels