Theo Francken
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| - | '''Assita Kanko''' (born 14 July 1980) is a Belgian journalist, human rights activist and politician who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|2019]] representing the [[New Flemish Alliance]]. | + | '''Theo Francken''' (born 7 February 1978) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician who has been a member of the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] since 2010. He is a member of the [[New Flemish Alliance]] (N-VA), a [[Conservatism in Belgium|conservative]] [[Flemish Movement|Flemish nationalist]] party. |
| - | ==Biography== | + | Francken was made [[state secretary]] for asylum and migration in the [[Michel II Government|second]] [[Charles Michel]] cabinet in 2014, where he became prominent for his controversial [[zero tolerance]] approach to [[illegal immigration]] in the midst of the [[European migrant crisis]]. Francken and the N-VA opposed Belgium's support of the [[Global Compact for Migration]], leading them to exit the coalition government in December 2018 and thereby trigger its collapse. |
| - | Kanko was born in Godyr, [[Burkina Faso]] in 1980. She survived [[FGM]] as a child and has since campaigned for the practice to be banned. Kanko has also worked with the [[AHA Foundation]] founded by [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] to combat FGM, forced marriages and human rights abuses. | + | |
| + | [[Onkelinx]] said of Francken that he brought 'le bruit des bottes' (the sound of boots) into parliament. | ||
| - | After the murder of the influential journalist [[Norbert Zongo]], she studied journalism and became a human rights activist Kanko moved to the [[Netherlands]] in 2001 to study journalism and later settled in [[Brussels]]. She became a Belgian citizen in 2008. | + | == See also == |
| - | + | *[[Melikan Kucam]] | |
| - | Kanko was elected as a municipal counciller in [[Elsene]] for the French speaking [[Mouvement Réformateur]] in 2012. In 2018, she joined the Dutch speaking [[New Flemish Alliance]] party, stating that she supported the policies of the N-VA's migration spokesman [[Theo Francken]]. | + | |
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| - | Kanko was elected to the [[European Parliament]] on the N-VA's list in [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|2019]] and currently sits as a Vice-Chairwoman on the [[European Conservatives and Reformists]] group. | + | |
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| - | Kanko has described herself as a women's rights activist and founded an organisation called ''Polin'' to encourage equal opportunities and more female involvement in politics. She has spoken of the importance of defending European [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] values and argued for the stronger integration of immigrants into both European and Western society instead of pursuing [[multiculturalism]]. | + | |
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| - | In addition to her political work, Kanko has worked as a columnist for ''[[De Standaard]].'' | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Norbert Zongo]] | + | |
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Theo Francken (born 7 February 1978) is a Belgian politician who has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2010. He is a member of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a conservative Flemish nationalist party.
Francken was made state secretary for asylum and migration in the second Charles Michel cabinet in 2014, where he became prominent for his controversial zero tolerance approach to illegal immigration in the midst of the European migrant crisis. Francken and the N-VA opposed Belgium's support of the Global Compact for Migration, leading them to exit the coalition government in December 2018 and thereby trigger its collapse.
Onkelinx said of Francken that he brought 'le bruit des bottes' (the sound of boots) into parliament.
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