Belgium Prison Overcrowding: Moroccan Detainee Transfer Plan

Recent bilateral agreements are beginning to bear fruit. The Belgian administration is actively working to organize the return of its detainees of Moroccan nationality and has already completed 33 cases in recent months. Dozens of other similar procedures are currently in the finalization phase. This momentum is explained by more open exchanges that have fostered optimal understanding of the administrative and legal requirements on each side.

On Bladi.net : Belgium’s Prison Crisis: Why Moroccan Prisoner Transfers Are Failing

This issue represents a major challenge for Annelies Verlinden. The political official, who is meeting with her counterpart Abdellatif Ouahbi to strengthen security cooperation, emphasizes that approximately one in ten prisoners in Belgium holds Moroccan nationality. The Belga agency thus reports the minister’s desire to increase these repatriations to "relieve pressure on our penitentiary system while ensuring consistent enforcement of sentences."