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Police interventions due to domestic violence increased in the past years, although expulsion cases have decreased or stagnated.
What is the reason behind this? Have the criteria changed or have there simply been less harmful domestic violence cases?
The Déi Lenk deputy Marc Baum aimed to find an answer through a parliamentary question to the Minister of Home Affairs.
In a joint answer from the Minister of Home Affairs Léon Gloden, Minister of Justice Elisabeth Margue and the Minister of Equality Yuriko Backes, they explained that for every case of domestic violence a criminal report is compiled. However, not every police intervention systematically leads to an eviction. The fact that the number of expulsions has decreased since 2014, means there haven’t been follow-ups to the cases, according to the ministers. They emphasised that domestic violence hasn’t become more tolerated over the years
The rise in interventions can be explained through people’s changing awareness, no kind of violence is accepted at home any longer. Thus, even in cases of “light” violence, when the victim’s life isn’t threatened, the police are still alerted.
The Minister of Equality is working on further projects to protect potential victims, make the instigators of violence take responsibility, sanction them, and to do more in terms of education and prevention. One of these projects entails creating a space for victims that is open 24/7 as well as a national plan of action which acts against all kinds of violence.
