Critical security situation around North Station, Brussels mayors threaten to demand federal police
In a letter to the ministers Annelies Verlinden (Internal Affairs) and Vincent Van Quickenborne (Justice) and to State Secretary Sammy Mahdi (Asylum and Migration), the mayors Cécile Jodogne (Schaerbeek), Emir Kir (Saint-Joost) and Ridouane Chahid (Evere) ) on the critical security situation in and around the North Station, where drug and weapons incidents are increasing.
“The actions of the local police have no effect if most of the results are deported; they cannot be detained and the results are released,” the mayors explained.
They also remind the Minister of the Interior that, in addition to the placement, they can intervene in problems of public municipalities, or if public interest requires an intervention, which is in their case . The federal level has the General Administrative Police, Aliens Police and Railway Police, which are responsible for public order in train stations.