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.
A Moroccan city is among the preferred destinations for Belgian retirees. They plan to spend their golden years there.
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.
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.
Abdel, a 23-year-old man, died after falling from the window of an apartment located on the Rue de la Querelle, in the Marolles neighborhood of Brussels.
The Spanish police arrested a woman wanted by Belgium, as she was about to cross the border between Ceuta and Morocco, accompanied by her two minor children who were the subject of a protection measure.
While several fugitives on the list of the country’s most wanted criminals have been found, others like the Moroccan Hicham Chaib and Suleyman Betelguriev remain untraceable.