This country report for Belgium prepared in the frame of the POSTING.STAT 2.0 project, examines the characteristics, the scale, and the impact of intra-EU posting from and to Belgium as well as the characteristics and the scale of infringements which are related to it.

Deze gezamenlijke EMN-OECD inform geeft een overzicht van het beleid en praktijken die zijn ontworpen om de integratie van onderdanen van derde landen te monitoren en vergelijkt de relevante nationale wetgeving in EMN-lidstaten en waarnemende landen. Gebaseerd op de bijdragen van 25 EMN-leden en waarnemende landen, belicht deze Inform de verschillende dimensies van integratie – van onderwijs en werkgelegenheid tot sociale inclusie en burgerparticipatie.

In 2024, 774 unaccompanied foreign minors were reported missing in Belgium—nearly fifteen every week. Around 100 of these cases were considered particularly alarming. The figures, disclosed in response to a parliamentary question by MP Matti Vandemaele (Groen), rank Belgium among the European countries most affected by the phenomenon. Child protection organisations warn that structural gaps may hinder the identification and protection of vulnerable children.

The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies systemic gaps and obstacles to investigating rights violations at EU borders. The report suggests concrete steps to ensure more effective investigations into incidents of loss of life and ill-treatment at the EU’s borders.