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A feather in the cap for Jan Jambon: twice as much human trafficking discovered at airports

6 September 2019

In 2018, the aviation police discovered twice as many cases of human trafficking as in 2017. Additionally, 94 terrorist suspects have been apprehended in our airports so far this year. All this thanks to Jan Jambon. Significant increase thanks to screenings In 2018, the aviation police discovered …

Vandals bully off shared bicycles while Brussels looks on

5 September 2019

In the last few weeks, the shared bicycles of Uber, the electric mopeds of Felyx and the shared scooters of Hive, Wind and Tier have all been removed from Brussels (or parts of Brussels) at the decision of the companies that operate them. The reasons are always the same: vandalism, thefts and …

N-VA launches two legislative proposals on migration

31 August 2019

The N-VA is launching two legislative proposals for a more tightly controlled migration. It wants to monitor more closely who is granted asylum as a parent of a child born here and it wants to make the conditions for family reunification more stringent. Proposal 1: checks of false parenthood With …

Brexit ball is in EU’s court

23 August 2019

We’ve entered the Brexit endgame. Deal or no deal, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on October 31 — or so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated day in, day out since he moved into No. 10 Downing Street. The effects of Britain’s exit will be largely negative — from welfare …

N-VA law for DNA database pays off: 9 cases of disappearance resolved in 1 year

23 August 2019

The DNA database for missing persons is a great success: in one year, already nine cases of disappearance have been resolved. The database was created at the initiative of the N-VA. In 2013, the Senate approved the N-VA bill on this subject. Over 300 profiles The database came into effect over a …

Thank you, Theo: record number of refugees lose recognition after holiday in “unsafe” home country

19 August 2019

In 2018, the protection status of 217 refugees was withdrawn. That’s a record. They are refugees who are seen as a danger to society or who travelled back to their country of origin. The increase is thanks to the resolute policy of former Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken …

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