The fact that President Bashar al-Assad has been ousted from power in Syria does not mean that Belgian policy regarding Syrian refugees will suddenly change. The asylum procedures have been put ‘on hold’ for the time being, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor (CD&V) explained on Sunday as a studio guest of VTM News. “We are not going to send people who are sustainably integrated back to Syria,” she also says.

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