Belgium has refused to grant political asylum to a Finnish citizen, who had refused to take part in Finnish military service.
The Raad van State, the highest administrative court of Belgium, rejected the appeal of Jussi Hermaja, by saying that the asylum procedure should not be taken up once again.
The Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees had previously also rejected Mr Hermaja's asylum application, stating that the Finnish law is neither discriminatory nor punitive, and that...
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