Belgium to Check Refugees' Cell Phones for Identity Confirmation

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Belgium is preparing a bill that would allow authorities to check mobile phones of those seeking asylum in the country in order to verify their identities.

"Some 60 to 70 percent of asylum seekers lie about an aspect of their identity, such as their name, age, the route they took [to reach Belgium] or their country of origin," author of the bill, Migration Secretary of State Theo Francken, said, as quoted by Le Soir newspaper on Wednesday.

According to Francken, the applicants’ Facebook accounts may also be checked during the identity verification procedures.

Under current rules, such checks are not mandatory and asylum seekers may refuse to provide their phones to the authorities.

Europe is currently struggling to cope with a massive refugee influx, with hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing conflict-torn countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety and refuge. Amid the major crisis, some European countries tightened their immigration laws in a bid to deter the influx of refugees.

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160630/1042206564/belgium-refugees-cell-phones.html/

promptly shipping them back where they came from would be more effective!

Seems more or less logical to update procedures to match modern technology and how people use it. I don't know how effective it will be. Are that many refugees arriving, with active facebook pages?

Refugees are arriving with tablets and laptops and smart phones, people who had a country and a life before someone decided to mess it up for them. Problem is their numbers has been infiltrated by terrorists Satanists so our government has to take measures.
I think it's good. At least they're doing something.
And Belgium is nowhere near a refugee crisis. We're a small country no bigger than half of Arizona so the EU couldn't flood us like they did Germany or France.

I agree Rooster. If not it will be the Ottoman empire all over again.

Lord knows they're trying, supported by traitors from all over the globe.

SATANISTS? Where in the world did you come up with that? I have seen zero reports of "satanists" immigrating from anywhere.

That's right, I'm talking about the terrorists. It's not 'Islamic State' it's Satanists States... or SS, lol

Hee hee..scaring the villagers with the truth

Times must be rough, when cellphones and laptops supersede the
necessities of food, water, and other items required for basic
human survival.

you can bet that the Devices of the Infiltrators are as clean as a Whistle,especially now that the Cat is out of the Bag!