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Temporarily closed because of a case of aggression, the asylum window of the Office of Foreigners (OE) has reopened, said Tuesday shortly before 10:00 the director of the Office of Foreigners, Freddy Roosemont. A security guard was beaten soon after the offices opened. He did not have to be taken to the hospital.
Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken announced on Twitter on Twitter that he had closed "
until further notice
The Asylum counter in the Aliens Office in Brussels following an attack.
"Since last Thursday, the Office des Etrangers has been limiting the number of asylum seekers to 50-60 per day and the number of asylum seekers who can not get through the doors is increasing. Yesterday, a good hundred of them were refused. This morning, an increased number of people came to the office and a scramble broke out. Around 9:00 am, a security officer who checked the identities at the entrance was hit and the doors of the building were immediately closed. Police were called to restore calm and the Office reopened around 10:00", Explains the spokesperson of the Office of the Strangers, Dominique Ernould. In the fray, the blowsman managed to escape.
"Eighty-three vulnerable people were finally registered today, 45 of whom had been reconvened to be interviewed by an interpreter to finalize the registration of their asylum application. Starting tomorrow, an increased police presence will be requested at the entrance of the Office to avoid tensionsShe adds.
A predictable incident that according to Mehdi Kbadou is caused by the decisions of Theo Francken
On Twitter, Theo Francken opened a counter-fire, wondering who angered asylum seekers.
The secretary of state has been at the center of a controversy since he questioned the government's ambition to join the UN pact on migration. He distinguished himself by pointing out that he drew his inspiration from Vlaams Belang on migration policy.
"Theo Francken is knowingly creating the situation he is denouncing today and it is indecent. The tension with asylum seekers is palpable and what happened was predictable. Since the limitation of the number of registrations, we see asylum seekers leave at 05:00 from the Ulysses Gate (the reception center managed by the Citizen Platform in Haren) to arrive first at the Foreigners to be sure of being received, which inevitably generates nervousnessSays Mehdi Kbadou, spokesperson for the Citizen Refugee Platform.
"The reception center in Haren, which has 350 beds, is already working at full capacity and yesterday we had to refuse about 40 people while it was cold. However, there are still places available in the host network and in particular in the Caritas schemeHe added.
Measures needed to prevent this from happening again
After an hour of interruption, the director of the asylum applications office Freddy Roosemont said he had reopened for families.
He also suggested that he was studying the possibility of permanent badistance from the police. Theo Francken will examine, together with the Aliens Office, what measures are needed, according to the cabinet of the Secretary of State.
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