But what about Brussels?
Brussels tends to buck the Belgian trend in some statistics as a global city. The most common male first name is Mohamed (the 8th most common name in Belgium), followed by the derivative Mohammed. The other names making the top five are Jean, Ahmed, and David.

For women, the top names are Maria and Marie, which follows the Belgian-wide trend. However in third place is Fatima, followed by Anne and Sarah.

Similar to the rest of the country, Brussels also breaks from the past with a range of alternative baby names.

The top names for baby boys are Adam, Mohamed, Gabriel, Ibrahim and Noah. Meanwhile, for girls, it is Sofia, Nour, Emma, Inaya, and Lina.

While Peeters, Janssens, and Maes may dominate across Belgium as the main surname, in Brussels family names reflect the diversity of the city. In Brussels-Region Diallo, Bah, Barry, Sow, and Nguyen make up the top five family names.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/1654296/the-first-names-youll-be-saying-more-often...

The issue with diversity is it divides us.

Yes we are all different and that is diversity but we all love and support Australia and our country and culture.’

That is the strength.

However there are many, many diverse people who actually hate  our country and its culture and actively seeking to destroy it.

That is not something to celebrate. It’s a very real threat to our society and something that needs to be called out for what it is.

Imported domestic terrorism.

If you don’t love it  here hop back on the plane you flew in on and go home!

Twilight Zone.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Officials have claimed that membership sign-ups to a swimming pool in the Swiss municipality of Porrentruy have increased significantly after authorities imposed a ban on foreigners.

Last week, the Porrentruy Outdoor Swimming Pool announced that only those with a Swiss passport or a valid residence permit would be allowed access to the facilities following a spate of incidents involving migrants.

Lionel Maître, the official in charge of regulating leisure activities for the area, told Germany’s Bild newspaper that the ban on foreigners “went very well,” adding: “We saw an increase in subscription sales because citizens have finally regained the long-awaited sense of security.”

“We have taken a strong measure for this season. We still have to think about next season. But one thing is clear: if we have to repeat the measure, we will,” he said.

According to the paper, since the start of the swimming season, the pool had been shut down 23 times for incidents and zero times since the ban on foreigners.

A regular patron of the pool told the Swiss news outlet 20 Minutes that there have been frequent arguments between lifeguards and people with a “migrant background” — mostly young men of North African extraction — coming across the border in France over hygiene requirements, such as showering before entering the pool.

Officials said that the ban, which will only last until the end of the high season, was easily implemented as revellers were already required to show their passports, given that foreigners were charged more to enter than locals.


However, the policy has been criticised as being racist and discriminatory, including by members of the local Socialist Party.

Socialist Party Councillor Mathilde Crevoisier told Swiss newspaper Blick: “The ban is disproportionate. There are problems, but blanket bans are not the solution. We live in the middle of Europe and do not want discrimination.”

Swimming pools have increasingly become a flashpoint for multicultural divisions within Europe following the Migrant Crisis of 2015.

Last week, four Syrian male migrants were arrested after allegedly sexually harassing young girls as young as 11 at a public swimming pool in central Germany.

In 2022, Rainer Wendt, the head of the German police union, said that violence at swimming pools often came at the hands of young men with a “migration background.” Still, the political class usually attempted to “shy away” from the issue, Wendt claimed.

In 2019, the head of Switzerland’s lifeguarding association, Michel Kunz, said that lifeguards, particularly females, often faced abuse from young male migrants.

He said that swimming pools had become a place where “cultural differences clash,” explaining that “this is because some believe that women have nothing to say and become aggressive towards our employees.”


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Other municipalities could benefit from such measure. Melbourne, for example:
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/police-charge-five-people-with-a...

Victims as young as 11 were groped in a public pool in Gelnhausen while staff failed to act promptly, reigniting concerns about safety and foreign predators in Germany’s outdoor swimming pools

A group of Syrian migrants has been arrested in Germany, suspected of sexually assaulting at least nine underage girls, aged between 11 and 17, at the Barbarossabad swimming pool in Gelnhausen, Hesse, on Saturday, according to police.

The suspects allegedly groped the girls in the whirlpool area, touching them on their thighs, chests, and other parts of their bodies and refusing to stop even after being told to.

The assaults reportedly began around 5 p.m. when several girls approached pool staff to report that they had been “touched all over the body.” However, rather than acting immediately, staff sent the girls back into the water, saying they could not verify what had occurred. More victims later came forward, prompting the eventual intervention of the police.

Police have since identified four suspects between the ages of 18 and 28, all of Syrian origin. One of them fled before officers arrived, while the others were located on site. All four have been banned from the pool. According to Gelnhausen’s mayor Christian Litzinger, the suspects belong to one extended family residing in the Main-Kinzig district.

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 10^th, 2025 at 7:46pm:


That's Islam for ya!

Frank wrote on Jul 10^th, 2025 at 7:52pm:


They aren't my daughters, nor are they even in my country.  Why are you gripping about them here, in a forum supposedly dedicated to Australian Federal Politics?  Why aren't you putting it in an appropriate forum, Soren?  Why are you so upset about a country that you don't hail from and have rarely visited?  Sounds like you're a whiner.  Such a WOFTAM, such a fool.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...