How the E.U.’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Streets of Brussels
- 6 years ago
How the E.U.’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Streets of Brussels
Europe said that What is new,
French said that I am afraid here,
When police officers arrested several Sudanese migrants, including three minors, around the Gare du Nord last year, Mr. Francken, the state secretary for asylum policy, described
the operation on Facebook as a "cleanup." After a public outcry condemning the remark as xenophobic, he offered his apologies to the prime minister, who did not accept them.
, the shelter organizer, agreed that "certain officers in certain towns, not all police" could be "pretty violent with migrants."
"We very regularly have people who enter with wounds, even bites from police dogs," he said. that Mr. Kassou
Very few of the Sudanese people who have recently arrived in Brussels seem to be planning to stay: Sudan
was not among the top 10 countries of origin for those applying for asylum in Belgium last month.
At the Gare du Nord, Mr. Khater and several fellow travelers showed wounds and scars that they said had been inflicted by the Belgian police.
There have been several demonstrations against the government policies,
and about 3,000 people formed a human chain around migrants at the Gare du Nord last month to prevent a police raid.
I am looking for a life," said Mr. Khater, 31, who fled the violence-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur a year ago.
Europe said that What is new,
French said that I am afraid here,
When police officers arrested several Sudanese migrants, including three minors, around the Gare du Nord last year, Mr. Francken, the state secretary for asylum policy, described
the operation on Facebook as a "cleanup." After a public outcry condemning the remark as xenophobic, he offered his apologies to the prime minister, who did not accept them.
, the shelter organizer, agreed that "certain officers in certain towns, not all police" could be "pretty violent with migrants."
"We very regularly have people who enter with wounds, even bites from police dogs," he said. that Mr. Kassou
Very few of the Sudanese people who have recently arrived in Brussels seem to be planning to stay: Sudan
was not among the top 10 countries of origin for those applying for asylum in Belgium last month.
At the Gare du Nord, Mr. Khater and several fellow travelers showed wounds and scars that they said had been inflicted by the Belgian police.
There have been several demonstrations against the government policies,
and about 3,000 people formed a human chain around migrants at the Gare du Nord last month to prevent a police raid.
I am looking for a life," said Mr. Khater, 31, who fled the violence-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur a year ago.