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Theo Francken: Belgium will not grant asylum to people from Ksoovo (Indeksonline)

The Belgium State Secretary for Asylum and Migration, Theo Francken, is staying in Kosovo on a three-day campaign-visit to prevent irregular immigration. Francken, met with Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni, and reiterated that there will be no asylum granted to the people of Kosovo. "We have many refugees from various countries. We have many people from Kosovo and Albania, and other countries of the Balkans, to whom we will not grant asylum. There is no such thing as economic refugee,” said Francken. Hyseni, said that he has asked the Belgian delegation that the procedures for irregular migrants to become more efficient. "The chances to win asylum in the Schengen countries are very low, so I repeat, do not flee Kosovo, because, everyone will come back poorer,” said Hyseni. Francken will have meetings with various organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and national and local authorities, European Integration Minister Bekim Collaku, police and border control representatives and local and national media.