Immigration Antwerp to introduce door-to-door searches in problem districts

[Maciamo]

Read the article below and decide whether you think it is justified or not. Please keep in mind that Antwerp is one of the cities in Western Europe with the hardest immigration-related problems (esp. caused by Moroccans), which has led to the extreme-right Vlaamse Blok party to obtain 28% of the votes at the last municipal election.

Are Antwerp's street patrols justified?

A few key points :

Despite efforts to reduce crime rates in Antwerp, the city council admits that almost 20 percent of the population still feels unsafe.
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Teams of four public servants will soon start systematically checking the identity and living circumstances of residents in various city districts.
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Inspection teams will consist of public servants from the city's safety, population and housing departments, plus the OMCW social welfare institute. Police will not conduct the door-to-door checks.
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Foreigners with inadequate Dutch language skills are a prime target of the searches. Their dossier will be sent to language institute Huis van het Nederlands with a request for the immigrant to be enrolled in an integration course.

If a resident is unemployed, their dossier will be sent to the federal government's employment service RVA. If someone does not have valid identification, public servants will conduct a background check.

If the immigrant's application to stay in Belgium is still being assessed by the Council of State, inquiries will be made to ensure the foreigner is not being misused by their lawyer

Authorities may also turn over illegal immigrants to the federal immigration service DVZ.

Antwerp will not hesitate either to take legal action against landlords if tenants in inspected premises are paying an inflated rental price.
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The equal opportunities bureau CGKR has demanded that if a street is inspected, every house on that street must be inspected also.
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Antwerp's new safety plan is aimed at combating burglaries, thefts from cars, violent thefts, youth criminality, social unrest and traffic safety problems.

The existing target areas of prostitution, drugs crimes and traffic safety will see only minor adjustment to council policy.
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Ten 'hotspot' districts and five hotspot streets have been identified. It is here where housing and living circumstances are said to be inadequate.

I think this initiative could solve some fundamental problems, and help people living in 'hotspots' get jobs, integrate better and live in better conditions, all of which will help solve the safety issue. Naturally, illegal immigrants should be expelled.

 

[RockLee]

about time they took action ! I think the France incident made them realise there is a better way.