'Sign of What's to Come for Society': What Belgium's Asylum Policy ...

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Anneleen Van Bossuyt announces an unprecedented turn in the fight against immigration in his country, while standing aside from Vlaams Belang, the powerful extremist group in Flanders.

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Belgium has just adopted a major reform of the conditions of family reunification, in a context of tensions around migration issues. This new mechanism, which is subject to intense debate, is mainly aimed at limiting the arrival of migrants by this legal means. Opponents denounce an infringement of fundamental rights, while the majority defends a stricter migration policy. On Wednesday 9 July, the House's Committee of the Interior approved at se…