Aantal minderjarige verdachten van criminele feiten stijgt sterk
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Het aantal minderjarigen dat verdacht wordt van een crimineel feit zit in stijgende lijn, zo blijkt uit het antwoord op een vraag van Barbara Pas die voor het Vlaams Belang fractievoorzitter in de Kamer is. Het aandeel van de jongeren met een niet-Europese nationaliteit is daarin ook sterk toegenomen. Het Vlaams Belang wijst hierbij op de verantwoordelijkheid van de ouders van deze jeugddelinquenten en wil hun kinderbijslag schrappen bij criminele overtredingen. En “van hardleerse minderjarige criminelen met de dubbele nationaliteit dient de Belgische nationaliteit te worden ingetrokken.”
In 2015 registreerde de politie nog 15.020 minderjarige verdachten. Drie jaar later, in 2018, is dat gestegen tot 17.163. Opvallend is dat criminaliteit in de eerste plaats een zaak van jongens is (13.720 jongens tegenover 3.235 meisjes in 2018). Eveneens opvallend: maar liefst 329 verdachten waren jonger dan 14 jaar – een cijfer dat weliswaar aan het dalen is (392 in 2015, 443 in 2016).
Vlaams Belang: "Neem kindergeld af van minderjarige criminelen"
Laatste opmerkelijke vaststelling: de stijging doet zich vooral voor in de groep jongeren die niet over een Europese nationaliteit beschikt. Zowel bij jongeren met een Belgische nationaliteit (daarin zitten ook jongeren met een dubbele nationaliteit) als bij die met de nationaliteit van een ander Europees land was er de voorbije jaren een daling te merken. Bij de jongeren met een niet-Europese nationaliteit zien we echter een sterke stijging (1.494 in 2015 naar 3.947 in 2018).
Jeugdcriminelen komen vaak nog te gemakkelijk weg met een alternatieve straf en gaan vrolijk verder met hun criminele activiteiten. Maar het Vlaams Belang wijst ook op de verantwoordelijkheid van de ouders van hardnekkige jeugdcriminelen. “Voor minderjarigen die zich bezondigen aan criminele activiteiten dient de kinderbijslag te worden geschrapt”, aldus Barbara Pas. “Van hardleerse minderjarige criminelen met de dubbele nationaliteit dient de Belgische nationaliteit te worden ingetrokken.”