On 20 April, the protest led to long waiting queues at Brussels Airport passport controls. Nevertheless, the other police union, VSOA, will continue doing work-to-rules.

 

Police unions were planning to have a week of work-to-rules at Brussels Airport, to denounce staff shortages. They had started working strictly by the book, which lead to exceptionally long waiting times for passengers heading to non-Schengen countries like the UK, the US and Turkey. People were in queues for more than an hour. Schengen zone passengers did not experience any trouble, because they did not have to pass through passport control.

 

The work-to-rules were suspended by the NSPV union 20 April afternoon awaiting talks at the Home Affairs Ministry. The unions report that this discussion will take place at 5pm tomorrow, and will hopefully guarantee 400 officers to be stationed at border controls, rather than the current 385. The other police union, VSOA, is continuing the protest, so their might still be some hindrance.