More than Three hundred Rwandan nationals living in Belgium have today noon taken to the streets to protest against what they termed as racist and xenophobic attacks by Congolese nationals.
Rwandans both in DRC and Belgium have been attacked by congolese nationals in the past weeks.
Twagirimana Emmanuel the leader of Rwandan Diaspora in Belgium told IGIHE via telephone, ” We are protesting to show that we reject attacks from congolese nationals. We cannot live like this. This must stop immidiately”.
Twagiramana told IGIHE that Eight Rwandans have since been attacked most of whom were admited to hospitals with severe injuries.
However,the Belgium government has since deported 18 congolese national in connection with the attacks against Rwandan community in Belgium.
The Rwandan protestors demanded the Belgium government to accord the security to deter any further attacks by Congolese nationals.
Attacks against Rwandans started in 2011 during presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).
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