Xenophobia: Planned asylum centre torched in Belgium

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Belgian authorities opened an investigation on Tuesday after arsonists attacked a planned asylum seekers’ centre in the small town of Belzen, raising fears of anti-migrant violence in Belgium.

The fire late Sunday, which did not cause any casualties, took place at a former retirement home whose scheduled change into an asylum centre sparked angry protests including by supporters of the far-right Vlaams Belang, one of the biggest parties in Dutch-speaking Flanders.

Investigators said the cause of the fire was intentional, with Belgium’s Migration Minister Maggie De Block decrying “a criminal act inspired by hatred and intolerance”. According to the newspaper De Morgen, several comments such as “Well done, keep it up”, “finally someone who takes charge”, have appeared on social media since Sunday.

 

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