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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.925 persons obtained Belgian nationality in September 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in September are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Poland and Italy.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: Belgian nationality, access to nationality
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.859 persons obtained Belgian nationality in August 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in August are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Poland and France.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 6.535 persons obtained Belgian nationality in July 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in July are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: Belgian nationality, access to nationality
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.523 persons obtained Belgian nationality in June 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in June are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Italy and Turkey.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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Eurostat data show that in 2024, the EU issued 3.5 million first residence permits to non-EU citizens, marking an 8.3% decrease compared with 2023, which had recorded the highest number to date. Employment remained the main reason for granting residence permits, while student permits continued to increase slightly.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: Eurostat, first residence permit
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Asylum applications in EU+ countries fell by nearly a quarter in the first half of 2025, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). A sharp decline in requests from Syrians, following political change in the country, shifted the profile of applicants across Europe. Venezuelans became the largest group seeking protection, while Germany lost its position as the main destination country. Recognition rates reached a record low, reflecting procedural factors and changes in applicant composition.
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.923 persons obtained Belgian nationality in May 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in May are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Turkey and Italy.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.336 persons obtained Belgian nationality in April 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in April are Morocco, Romania, Syria, France and Turkey.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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Myria has published the first thematic section of its 2025 annual report. This section, entitled "Population and movements", reveals that foreign nationals made up over 13% of the Belgian population as of 1 January 2024. Immigration from Romania, France and Ukraine was particularly high. The report also details key trends in foreign residence permits, demographic profiles and migratory flows.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: migrant population, immigration, emigration, first residence permit, temporary protection
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Nearly one in eight self-employed workers in Belgium do not hold Belgian nationality. This proportion rises to more than four in ten in the Brussels-Capital Region. An analysis of recent data from the National Institute for Social Security of the Self-Employed (INASTI) by the social insurance fund Acerta highlights these figures. The study also reveals differences in age, sector activity, and income between Belgian and non-Belgian self-employed individuals.
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Hoofdthema: Integration, Data & Statistics, Economic migration
Trefwoorden: self-employed, Belgian, non-Belgian
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.539 persons obtained Belgian nationality in March 2025. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in March are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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Op 1 januari 2025 had meer dan een derde van de Belgische bevolking een buitenlandse herkomst, zo blijkt uit de nieuwste cijfers van Statbel, het Belgische statistiekbureau. Terwijl 64% van de inwoners Belgen met een Belgische herkomst zijn, bestaat de overige 36% uit Belgen met een buitenlandse herkomst en uit niet-Belgen. Regionale verschillen en evoluties over de afgelopen twintig jaar tonen veranderende demografische patronen aan.
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Hoofdthema: Statistieken, Burgerschap & Nationaliteit
Trefwoorden: bevolkingsstructuur, diversiteit, Belgische nationaliteit, buitenlandse achtergrond, niet-Belgen
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According to a press release published on 11 June 2025, Statbel reported that 60.108 individuals acquired Belgian nationality in 2024. The five most common previous nationalities among those who became Belgian were Moroccan, Syrian, Romanian, Afghan and Turkish.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics, Citizenship & Nationality
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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Eurostat released trafficking in human beings statistics, revealing that 10.793 victims were registered in the EU in 2023, an increase of 6.9% compared with 2022 and the highest recorded value in the period 2008-2023. Several countries explained that it is partly reflected through increased attention of the authorities and agencies that fight against trafficking in human beings.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: victims of human trafficking, trafficker, forced labour
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According to recent data released by Eurostat, 124.935 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 28.630 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave. When compared with the same quarter of 2023, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave went up by 16.3%, while the number of people returned to third countries increased by 24.3%.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: order to leave the territory, voluntary return, forced return, irregularly staying third-country national
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According to new data released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 8.938 persons have died or gone missing on migration routes in 2024, marking the deadliest year on record. This continues a five-year trend of increasing fatalities, surpassing the previous high of 8.747 deaths recorded in 2023.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: Missing Migrants Project, migrant death
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.370 persons obtained Belgian nationality in December 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in December are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Afghanistan and France.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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In 2023, 1.050.100 people obtained citizenship of the EU country of their usual residence, an increase of 6.1% compared with 2022. This was mainly the result of increases in absolute terms in Spain (58.600 more residents were granted Spanish citizenship than in 2022), followed by Germany (33.200 more) and Belgium (6.700 more)
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: acquisition of citizenship, naturalisation rate
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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Belgium has granted temporary protection to 93.343 Ukrainians, with a sharp decline beginning in 2023 and continuing into 2024 and early 2025. As the number of arrivals has slowed and the focus shifts to integration efforts, both the Flemish and Walloon governments plan to gradually reduce reception capacity for beneficiaries of temporary protection in the coming months.
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Hoofdthema: Statistieken, Tijdelijke bescherming
Trefwoorden: temporary protection, beneficiary of temporary protection, accommodation
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.276 persons obtained Belgian nationality in November 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in November are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Afghanistan and Turkey.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.140 persons obtained Belgian nationality in October 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in October are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Afghanistan and Italy.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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"Migration and asylum in Europe" allows to explore, visualise and compare indicators on migration and asylum at the EU and country levels. Key data and trends are proposed on topics such as population diversity, protection and asylum, irregular migration and return, and skills of migrants.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: migration trend, asylum trend
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.048 persons obtained Belgian nationality in August 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in August are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Italy and France.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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Eurostat heeft gegevens vrijgegeven over alleenstaande minderjarigen die tussen maart 2022 en september 2024 tijdelijke bescherming kregen in 21 EU-lidstaten en alle EFTA-landen. Oostenrijk, Nederland en Litouwen hebben in absolute termen de meeste statuten van tijdelijke bescherming verleend aan alleenstaande minderjarigen sinds maart 2022. België heeft in dezelfde periode tijdelijke bescherming verleend aan 1600 alleenstaande minderjarigen.
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Hoofdthema: Statistieken, Tijdelijke bescherming
Trefwoorden: tijdelijke bescherming, begunstigde van tijdelijke bescherming, Niet-begeleide minderjarigen, Oekraïne
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.806 persons obtained Belgian nationality in July 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in July are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Afghanistan and Italy.