India, Nov. 5 -- Amnesty International, through Deputy Regional Director Dinushika Dissanayake, called on the Belgian Federal Parliament to reject a bill due to be voted on Thursday, Nov. 5, that would allow police raids on people’s homes for migration control purposes, including homes of people who may be hosting undocumented migrants.
Proposed ‘home inspections’
According to the document, the Nov. 5 vote concerns an amendment to the law on the access, residence, settlement, and removal of foreign nationals that introduces the possibility of “home inspections.”
The bill stipulates that police officers can “enter the residence of a foreign national, even if it is the home or place of residence of a third party,” provided they obtain auth...