While acknowledging the existence of social fraud and emphasizing the need to fight against it, the federation of Brussels public social welfare centers (CPAS) rejects the image of a "sieve-like" social system.
In Belgium, a tragedy has struck a Moroccan family. Abdellah Hosni died drowned while trying to save his daughter Bouchra, who did not know how to swim.
The housing fraud revealed this week and concerning a Brussels woman of Moroccan origin who was benefiting from social housing while working as a lawyer in Morocco since 2003 has prompted a reaction from the Walloon authorities, who plan to take measures to avoid such abuses.
Bad news for Moroccans wishing to obtain Belgian nationality. Belgium is tightening the conditions for granting it.
The Belgian House of Representatives approved, during the night from Thursday to Friday, the bill that makes the conditions for access to family reunification more stringent. The text, presented by the Minister of Asylum Anneleen Van Bossuyt, was supported by the majority of Belgian parties.
A Brussels woman who claimed to be incapable of working in Belgium was benefiting from social housing and receiving social benefits while working as a lawyer in Morocco since 2003.
The procession of a Moroccan wedding from Charleroi blocked traffic on Saturday in Puers-Saint-Amand, in the province of Antwerp. The police intervened and the licenses of seven drivers were revoked.
The police have managed to arrest a second suspect in the "narco-assassination" of Nordine, a 49-year-old father shot dead at the foot of his building in Anderlecht on June 5th.
The 38-year-old drug baron Othman El Ballouti, who made his fortune in Dubai where he was arrested at the end of 2024, was handed over to the Belgian authorities this Sunday, along with two other traffickers: Giorgi Faes and Mathias Akyazili.
A Moroccan residing in Liège (Belgium) has been convicted for subjecting the mother of his son to scenes of violence for years.
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to extradite the Moroccan drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December in Dubai, to Belgium.
For several years, Khadija, 50, and her family have been subject to an expulsion order due to the behavior of her sons. Currently, the mother is relying on the support of the CPAS, José Garcia from the Tenants’ Union, and various housing rights associations to secure decent housing.