Belgium Invites Influx of "Stateless Palestinian Refugees"

Joods Actueel is a Jewish site in Belgian (in Dutch). This week, it is reporting that the Belgian government has decided to relax asylum rules for Palestinians and their families when it comes to family reunification. This will be done by labeling Palestinians as “involuntarily stateless persons”.Joods Actueel points out that asylum procedures should always be decided on the situation of individuals, not entire groups. They also point out that this will no doubt be abused. To that, I would add that the Belgian government is also importing more and more people who will arrive with a built-in hatred not only of Israel but Jews as well. Don’t they have a big enough problem with anti-Semitism in their country?

The below article from Joods Actueel is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://joodsactueel.be/2023/03/11/federale-regering-beslist-palestijnen-vanaf-nu-collectief-toegelaten-als-vluchtelingen/

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Federal government decides: From now on, Palestinians collectively allowed as refugees in Belgium

11 March 2023

Caption: Palestinians in Jenin on Friday, 10 March 2023. From now on, they are all welcome in Belgium.

On March 8, 2023, the federal government agreed on an approach to the asylum crisis in Belgium. With a “controlled and fair migration model”, the government hopes to regain control over the migration flow. With the reception law, the government wants to speed up the return of those who have exhausted their procedures, provide additional reception spots, and tighten the rules for family reunification.

Mark Geleyn

As for restricting family reunification, the government is providing two exceptions: For children who are at risk of genital mutilation, and for “involuntarily stateless (persons), in particular, Palestinians”. For these categories, family reunification (rules) are being relaxed in Belgium.

I am not so concerned with the asylum agreement itself, however skeptical I am about this lukewarm attempt to bring order to what is presently a disorderly asylum policy. Here I want to consider the decision to label the Palestinians as involuntarily stateless persons, and as such, to grant them an easier reception in Belgium. The decision is remarkable.

All in all, it is a short passage in the government communique. The press hardly mentions it. But it is actually a passage with possible long-term consequences and above all, a serious ideological symbolism.

Let us first look at the possible consequences. By labeling the Palestinians as stateless, not on an individual basis, but collectively as a people, and by then opening the door to family reunification, this government risks exposing our country to an influx, with risks that they have deliberately not wanted to consider.

Collective offer

A collective offer, whether for Palestinians or any other people, is politically unwise. Under classical human rights, asylum is, incidentally, always a decision on an individual. Such a collective offer is, above all, dangerous from a security point of view. This offer will, in fact, be abused by two groups. The first by Palestinian clans, such as “families” who now are terrorizing entire neighborhoods in Berlin and Hamburg. Secondly, by Palestinians carrying out a war against Israel, and who, thus, are offered safe accommodation in Belgium. 

It is thought-provoking that such an offer does not apply to Yazidis, Ouigurs, Kurds, or Greek Cypriots. Only Palestinians are named.

And that brings us to the ideological undertone of this decision.

Because by specifically naming the Palestinians, we see what motivated the government. This is not a rule that was not thought through but a rule that deliberately responds to the left-liberal thought patterns in Europe.