29 January 2024

Johan Leman

Air quality in Lower Molenbeek

Discover the first, interim results of ExpAIR The study did limit itself to Piers Street, but we nevertheless wonder what the results would be for Ribaucourt Street and Courtois Street […]

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Johan Leman

The vast diversity in the reality of being a migrant

It is urgent that when listing numbers of foreigners and migrants respectively, one should make it clear who exactly one is talking about. If this is not done, the risk […]

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24 January 2024

Johan Leman

Brussels is Europeanising

According to figures from the Belgian Institute for Statistics and Analysis, the following 10 non-Belgian nationalities are the ones that most represent non-Belgians in Brussels in 2023: 1.French: 69,984; 2. […]

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20 January 2024

Johan Leman

The Flemish “diyanetisation” of the administration of Islam in education in the Flemish community

A few weeks ago, the Flemish community rightly noted that there is actually no alternative to the Muslim Executive yet. It is now the case that an administration is needed […]

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14 January 2024

Johan Leman

Let calm return to municipal government in Molenbeek

It is absolutely not Foyer’s habit to interfere in politics and we will remain true to that habit. Nevertheless, we would urge that calm would return to the administration of […]

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7 January 2024

Johan Leman

“Street canyons” in Lower Molenbeek and excessive air pollution

The results of a recent study (ExpAIR), led by Bral and Brussels Environment, show show that more than 40µg/m³ NO2 concentration takes place in the Piersstreet. This means that air […]

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16 December 2023

Johan Leman

Transnationalism and some consequences

Transnationalism is a phenomenon that has emerged in migration in Europe since 2000, and increasingly so. In the US, it had been encountered earlier. It means that people have come […]

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9 December 2023

Johan Leman

The priorities for an integration policy today

Positively in the current development is that research shows that just about all people accept that migrations are a fact of life and that they accept the presence of migrants. […]

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2 December 2023

Johan Leman

The importance of mastery in policymaking

Policy must very seriously ask itself whether the former idea of treating integration policy and migration policy as strictly separable matters is still tenable? Evidently, there are points where the […]

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26 November 2023

Johan Leman

It is rewarding working with Roma young people

I don’t know who is the most discriminated community in Belgium. There is evidence that black skin color is a marker for major discrimination. Others will point to Islamophobia. Still […]

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