An online petition calling for a relaxation of the rules for the residents at the belgian-Dutch border was harvested on Monday, more than 14,000 signatures. The signatories wish that the easing in Belgium also apply to the other side of the border. "The maintenance of the closed borders have a huge impact for the border. In the present circumstances, no medical reason, no justification for this closure is strict", say the initiators of the petition.

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The borders with neighbouring countries are closed in the context of the outbreak of coronavirus and the limitation of travel to be non-essential. Now that Belgium has started its journey in the déconfinement, the signatories argue that crossing the border is allowed to visit his family.