A far-right Belgian political party has unveiled a deeply controversial new website where tipsters can report illegal immigrants working on the black market or abusing the social security system..."These websites are not in line with the European values that we defend," European Union spokesman Olivier Bailly told Europe Online. Immigrants make up roughly 9% of the population in Belgium, according to the most recent statistics gathered by the International Organization for Migration. Morocco and Turkey are the most common countries that immigrants come from, according to the Migrant Integration Policy Index...
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LA Times: Belgium website asks tipsters to report illegal immigrants
Thomas Huddleston
Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Group
Thomas Huddleston is a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Group, a European think-and-do-tank. He coordinates MPG’s research for European cooperation on national integration policies, including the second and third editions of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) (published in February 2011) and the third edition of the European Commission’s Handbook on Integration.
