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The 2021 hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium was a two-month-long hunger strike held by several hundred undocumented migrants in Belgium in protest of the policies of the Belgian government, led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi, concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and residency permits.
This article contains a list of trade unions in Belgium. In Belgium, trade unions are organised along politico-denominational lines, following the pillarisation in Belgian society. Therefore, the three major trade unions are all confederations, each adhering to a particular religion or ideology, namely Christian (Catholic), Socialist and Liberal.
The General Labour Federation of Belgium (French: Fédération générale du travail de Belgique, pronounced [fedeʁɑsjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal dy tʁavaj də bɛlʒik], FGTB; Dutch: Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond, pronounced [ˈɑlɣəmeːn ˈbɛlɣis ˈfɑkfərˌbɔnt], ABVV) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945.
According to international observers, human rights in Belgium are generally respected and the law and the judiciary provides effective means of addressing individual instances of abuse. [1] However, some concerns have been reported by international human rights officials over the treatment of asylum seekers, prison overcrowding and the banning ...
I. Independent Music Companies Association; Information Center for Dangerous Goods; Innovation and Networks Executive Agency; Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity
Olivier Vandecasteele is an experienced Belgian humanitarian aid worker who was arbitrarily arrested and taken state hostage in Iran on 24 February 2022. Following a sham trial, he was firstly sentenced to 28 years in December 2022, then sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes in January 2023. [1]
Belgium recognised Montenegro as an independent country on 23 June 2006. [252] Belgium is accredited to Montenegro from its embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Montenegro has an embassy in Brussels. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and NATO. Belgium is an EU member and Montenegro is an EU candidate. Netherlands: 3 August 1839
Persons who have acquired long-term resident status [1] in Belgium are treated like Belgian workers, i.e. they do not need a work permit. Persons who have acquired long-term resident status in another EU country can profit from a fast-track procedure for work permits for professions for which it is officially recognised that labour is short .