She resumed a slogan who did not ensure the success of her ex-colleague Marjolein Faber, ephemeral Dutch minister from the far right: “The strictest politics ever led. »» Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Belgian Minister for Asylum, Migration and Social Integration, plans to display her firmness, but by standing out from the Vlaams Belang, the powerful extremist formation of Flanders, close to the party of Geert Wilders, who has dropped the coalition in power in the Netherlands, in June, denouncing his inability “Asylum tsunami” which would threaten his country.
Member of the Néoflamande Alliance (N-VA), the party of the Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever, Mme Van Bossuyt, 45 Ans, A Un Objectif: “To ensure that Belgium ceases to be the weak link in migration policy in Europe”she explains to Monde. “If asylum applications decreased by 12 % in the European Union in 2024 [par rapport à 2023]they increased in the same proportion in Belgium. It is abnormal and it shows that people find more advantages here than elsewhere. »» The kingdom recorded some 40,000 requests in 2024, “Of which 15,000 were introduced by people who had already asked or obtained asylum in another Member State of the Union. We will exclude reception those who already benefit from protection, and the request of those who have been dismissed in another country will be declared inadmissible ”underlines Mme Van Bossuyt. In April, she claimed that the 50,000 request mark could be reached this year.
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