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Belgium says Europeans not welcome if they don’t take on work

12 March 2016

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"In the heart of Europe, Belgium is home to more than a million immigrants out of a total population of 11 million.

Around 70% are from other EU member states, with large Italian, Dutch and French communities.

In recent years Belgian immigration policy towards Europeans has tightened, and more and more people are having their residency permits withdrawn, from eight in 2008 to more than 2000 in 2014. Between 2008 and last year more than 10,000 people were ordered to leave Belgium."

See the full article: Belgium says Europeans not welcome if they don’t take on work (euronews, link)

Background: March 2014: Even Barroso could soon be expelled from Brussels? (Sancho Panza, link)

And in the UK, similar developments: July 2014: Tougher benefits rules for EU migrants: New arrivals will lose payments after just three months under new Tory plans (The Independent, link) and: Cameron cuts EU migrants’ unemployment and child benefits (EurActiv, link)

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