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Hunger-striking gets results

Six hunger-striking asylum-seekers have been promised that their applications will be given special priority if they stop their protest actions. Various hunger strikes have been staged across the country over the past few weeks as asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants demand that changes be made to the country's asylum procedure. Now, Geert De Vulder of the Immigration Department has assured strikers in Broekem that their cases will receive preferential treatment.

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