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| Anti-migrant protesters clash with police in Brussels | Anti-migrant protesters clash with police in Brussels |
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| At least 90 people have been arrested after anti-migration protesters clashed with police outside EU institutions in Brussels. | At least 90 people have been arrested after anti-migration protesters clashed with police outside EU institutions in Brussels. |
| Authorities fired teargas and used water cannon as around 5,500 people demonstrated against a UN migration pact signed last week in Marrakech, Morocco, at a rally organised by the Belgian far-right party Vlaams Belang. | |
| The non-binding international agreement to manage the global migration crisis has proven politically divisive in Belgium, prompting ministers from a Flemish nationalist party to quit the government last week. | The non-binding international agreement to manage the global migration crisis has proven politically divisive in Belgium, prompting ministers from a Flemish nationalist party to quit the government last week. |
| Authorities broke up the demonstration after firecrackers and projectiles were thrown on Sunday, according to reporters on the ground. | Authorities broke up the demonstration after firecrackers and projectiles were thrown on Sunday, according to reporters on the ground. |
| A counter-rally, which drew around 1,000 protesters, and the anti-migration demonstration had initially been banned by Belgian authorities over fears of unrest, but the country’s supreme administrative court overturned the decision. | A counter-rally, which drew around 1,000 protesters, and the anti-migration demonstration had initially been banned by Belgian authorities over fears of unrest, but the country’s supreme administrative court overturned the decision. |
| The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, was given permission to form a minority administration following the resignations of ministers from the New Flemish Alliance over the UN migration pact. | The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, was given permission to form a minority administration following the resignations of ministers from the New Flemish Alliance over the UN migration pact. |
| The pact was agreed in July by all 193 UN members except the US, but only 164 formally signed it at the meeting last Monday. | The pact was agreed in July by all 193 UN members except the US, but only 164 formally signed it at the meeting last Monday. |
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