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.
Deadly attack in Belgium ignites fierce debate on failures of deportation policy stripes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stripes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brussels, Oct 17 (EFE).- Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a man suspected of killing two Swedish citizens and injuring a third in Brussels the previous evening, Belgian federal prosecutors said. Witnesses called police after spotting the suspect at a cafe in the Schaerbeek district of the Belgian capital on Tuesday morning, prosecutors said …