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It Has Rained in Paris but It Has Not Drizzled in Brussels

  • Date
  • February 13, 2006

To what extent do the same problems that the riots revealed in France exist in Belgium as well, or have they been more successfully avoided? Over time, the country has developed a different political approach than that of France, and a different policy towards immigrants who have settled on its territory.

This short report analyzes the integration policies put in place by the Belgian authorities in the political, social and religious spheres.

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