Calls for migration secretary to resign as Sudanese controversy rages on

The prime minister will not return to parliament during the holiday recess to discuss the issue of the migrants sent back to Sudan who say they were tortured, according to Brecht Vermeulen (N-VA) of the internal affairs commission. Several parties had asked that the commission hold an emergency meeting with prime minister Charles Michel about actions taken by migration secretary Theo Francken (N-VA).The entire affair began last September when it was reported that Sudanese officials were searching Maximilian Park in Brussels for Sudanese citizens, with Francken’s permission. Francken’s office said that the officials were from Sudan’s foreign…