Plan to abolish financialsupport for asylum seekers / 9 May 2006
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"The Belgian government wants to only give asylum seekers material support in future rather than the financial support a large number of them currently receive. The proposal is part of plans being drawn up by Social Integration Minister Christian Dupont aimed at reforming the way in which asylum seekers are cared for in Belgium."
Deadlock over asylumlaw as protests escalate / 8 May 2006
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"Interior Minister Patrick Dewael has refused to give ground despite the escalating protests by illegal immigrants demanding official residency in Belgium. The protests involve a demonstration in La Louvière, a church sit-in protest in Kortrijk and a hunger strike at the asylum seeker centre Klein Kasteeltje or Petit-Château in Brussels.
