Tag: #Migration & Integration

From vineyards in France to a port in Greece, from a football club in Roeselare (Belgium) to a high speed train between Budapest and Belgrade, from Volvo Cars and Trucks in Sweden to the electricity supply in Portugal… Chinese investors have their fingers in many pies. Not so in Eandis though. A proposal by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ‘State Grid’ to buy 14% of the Eandis shares ca…

Belgium's Prime Minister has admitted that authorities have lost control of Brussels suburb of Molenbeek. Senior Fellow at the Itinera Institute, Bilal Benyaich says extremists there are a minority, but a visible one. SABRA LANE, PRESENTER: The Brussels suburb of Molenbeek is emerging as a key staging post for the bloody violence. Two of the attackers and three other…

Foreign fighters in Syria are all over the news. 2015 is already the year of terror in Europe. The attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and the deadly raid in Verviers have been a wake-up call for everyone. What is radicalism and how does it differ from extremism and terrorism? Is Islam to blame? Should we be afraid? And most importantly: what can we do to stop radicalism and t…

Foreign fighters in Syria are all over the news. 2015 is already the year of terror in Europe. The attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and the deadly raid in Verviers have been a wake-up call for everyone. What is radicalism and how does it differ from extremism and terrorism? Is Islam to blame? Should we be afraid? And most importantly: what can we do to stop radicalism and t…

In its New Year Letter, Itinera presents its ten wishes for 2016. With contributions of Leo Neels, Ivan Van de Cloot, Marc De Vos, Bilal Benyaich, Johan Albrecht, Jean Hindriks, Alexandre Simons en Simon Ghiotto

In this new publication, Bilal Benyaich and a number of Belgian and international thinkers and doers offer an open reflection on some important dimensions of the migration and integration issue. With this book, Itinera makes a case for a holistic approach to this topic. More info at our

Theo Francken has gone too far in his statements about Congolese, Algerian and Moroccan immigrants. But that doesn't mean that we have to keep quiet about the budgetary side of migration, says Bilal Benyaich. De manier waarop kersvers staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie Theo Francken (N-VA de economische meerwaarde van Marokkaanse en andere Afrikaanse migratiestromen naa…

Immigratie is een probleem. Geen immigratie is een nog groter probleem. Deze evidentie, indien door een kandidaat verkondigd tijdens de verkiezingscampagne, dreigt hem ongeveer al zijn stemmen te kosten. De democratie heeft soms problemen met de waarheid. Het is immers niet de meerderheid die bij stemming beslist wat waar en onwaar is. Maar wie dan wel? Antwoord: de feiten. De meeste Eur…

Vier prioriteiten voor de Belgische arbeidsmarkt Stond de werkzaamheidsgraad in België op hetzelfde niveau als die van het gemiddelde van onze buurlanden dan werkten er hier 600000 mensen meer, met vijf jaar langere loopbanen. Het gemiddeld aantal effectief gewerkte uren per dag per persoon op beroepsactieve leeftijd is in Belgi&eum…

Saudi Arabia has put its mark on Sunni islam worldwide, including in Belgium. The interference of the Saudi's in the Islamic landscape in Belgium stands in the way of the development of a Belgian islam.