Belgian plan for ICE-style immigration raids on homes criticised as ‘law of fear’

Rights groups oppose law that will let police forcibly enter homes to remove refused asylum seekers

Belgium could see ICE-style home raids that echo the US crackdown on immigration, rights campaigners have warned, after MPs approved a law that allows police to forcibly enter properties to remove undocumented people.

For months, intense debate has swirled across Belgium over measures introduced by the ruling right-leaning coalition to ramp up expulsions of people who have been denied the right to stay in the country.