Some 150,000 people are currently residing illegally in Belgium. On average in the European Union, only around one in three people whose asylum applications fail ever actually leave
The alleged attacker who killed two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels this week before he was shot dead by police was residing in Belgium illegally and should have left the country three years ago, but never did.
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Just two months after raising its threat level, Sweden was reeling in shock on Tuesday over the killing of two of its football fans in a "terror attack" targeting Swedes in Brussels."Every indication is that this is a terror attack, targeting Sweden and Swedish citizens, just because they are Swedes," he said, adding he felt an "unfathomable sadness".
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