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Belgium revokes refugee status of Samidoun head Mohammed Khatib Samidoun itself released a statement on Thursday confirming the news, and informing of Khatib's intention to appeal the decision to the Council for Asylum and Immigration Proceedings.

August 7, 2025 Mathilda Heller

(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun. Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested […]

Belgium strongly rejects Hungary’s ‘provocation’ to bus migrants to Brussels The showdown between Budapest and Brussels over migration policy and the rule of law is quickly escalating.

September 9, 2024 Jorge Liboreiro

(Euronews) The Belgian government on Monday came forcefully against Hungary’s intended plan to bus migrants to Brussels in retaliation for the €200 million fine imposed in June by the European Court of Justice, which Budapest refuses to pay. No transfer has yet […]

Prosecutor general’s office challenges naturalisation of Moroccan imam

August 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The Brussels prosecutor general’s office is challenging the naturalisation of Imam Mohammed Toujgani, according to a report on local online platform Bruzz, confirmed by interim Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole De Moor. The Moroccan imam moved to […]

PFLP-affiliated NGO leader ‘extremist hate preacher’ may be kicked out of Belgium 'The asylum procedure is for those fleeing war or unjust persecution. There is no place for people who pose a danger to society,' said Belgian immigration minister.

July 18, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) A leader in an NGO affiliated with a Palestinian terrorist group may have his refuge[e] status in Belgium revoked over his extremist activism, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said in a statement on Tuesday. Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib […]

Belgium pushes to expel controversial Palestinian activist ‘hate preacher’ Mohammed Khatib leads Palestinian group already banned in Germany for its actions praising and celebrating Hamas’s October 7 attacks

April 15, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Belgium’s government on Monday said it wanted to revoke the refugee status of the head of a network supporting Palestinian prisoners, whom it accused of being an “extremist hate preacher.” Mohammed Khatib is the coordinator in Europe for Samidoun, […]

Brussels terror attack: Belgium discusses clearer migrant return policy for first time

November 9, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) In the aftermath of the terror attack in Brussels last month, a prospective law was discussed in parliament for the first time to ensure foreign nationals and asylum seekers required to leave the country actually do so. State Secretary for Asylum […]

Belgium’s terror attack blunders tarnish its upcoming EU presidency Tunisia reveals that it had previously requested the extradition of gunman Abdesalem Lassoued — but that a prosecutor allowed the request to collect dust.

October 29, 2023 Pieter Haeck

(Politico) Belgium had big plans for its upcoming Council presidency. But its handling of the October 16 shooting spree by Tunisian gunman Abdesalem Lassoued, which left two Swedish football supporters dead, has since led to a series of embarrassing revelations. Lassoued was […]

Shooter attack in Belgium drives an EU push to toughen border and deportation laws

October 19, 2023 Lorne Cook

(AP) Abdesalem Lassoued had been denied residency in four European countries by the time he chased two Swedish men into a building in Brussels this week and gunned them down at close range with a semiautomatic rifle. The 45-year-old Tunisian arrived on […]

Deadly attack in Belgium ignites fierce debate on failures of deportation policy

October 18, 2023 Samuel Petrequin and Lorne Cook

(AP) 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. In a country that […]

Belgian officials knew all about Brussels terror attack gunman — but were unable to stop him Tunisian shooter’s profile sheds light on Belgium’s security failures.

October 18, 2023 Pieter Haeck and Nicolas Camut

(Politico) Belgian authorities were well aware of the gunman who caused terror in Brussels — and yet he was still able to shoot two people dead. The attacker — who killed two Swedish football fans on Monday evening — had been on the authorities’ […]

Belgian police kill Tunisian man suspected of shooting 3 Swedish soccer fans, killing 2 of them

October 17, 2023 Sylvain Plazy, Raf Casert and Lorne Cook

(AP) Authorities in the Belgian capital shot and killed a Tunisian national on Tuesday hours after they say he gunned down three Swedish soccer fans, killing two of them, and posted a video online in which he claimed credit for the attack […]

Refugee status of Afghan spreading hate speech under review

June 13, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor announced on Monday that she has asked for the refugee status of a man from Afghanistan to be re-examined due to cases of hate speech. The man — identified by Belga […]

Imam Iquioussen sent back to Morocco

January 13, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) Hassan Iquioussen, the Moroccan imam accused by French authorities of spreading hate, was sent back to Morocco on Friday, Belgium’s state secretary for asylum and migration, Nicole de Moor, reported. Iquioussen had fled to Belgium in summer after France decided […]

Belgium places Imam Hassan Iquioussen in closed centre

November 16, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen was placed in a closed centre on Tuesday, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor said in a statement. “We remain in contact with France to ensure his removal,” she added. The Belgian judiciary had […]