Belgians want deportations for criminal immigrants

[Robert Bandanza]

Belgians want deportations for criminal immigrants

20 September 2006

BRUSSELS — Almost three-quarters of Belgians believe immigrants who commit serious crimes should be deported, new research has indicated.

That percentage is in even higher In the Netherlands (76.6 percent), the UK (78.2) and Germany (90.2), newspaper 'De Standaard' reported on Wednesday.

Deporting migrants if they commit any crime, even a minor one, can rely on 39.7 to 48.2 percent support. Belgium scores 43.8 percent on this point.

The figures are included in a new book called 'Multiculturalism Analysed' from the Catholic University of Leuven.

The study revealed that just 46 percent of Belgians have friends who are immigrants.

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