On 20 March 2026, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft law that would link the level of social assistance granted to beneficiaries of subsidiary and temporary protection to their participation in integration efforts through the Individual Social Integration Project (ISIP). Under the proposal, the amount of social assistance could be adjusted depending on the efforts made by the beneficiary to integrate.

On 23 December 2025, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft law linking social assistance to integration efforts. For recognised refugees, the draft law foresees that the Individual Social Integration Project (ISIP) should include, at a minimum, participation in an integration path. Other newcomers, including third-country students and economically inactive EU citizens, would now need to have legally resided in Belgium for five years before becoming eligible for social assistance.

Nicole de Moor roept een Interministeriële conferentie Migratie en Integratie samen rond het thema arbeidsmigratie. Ze wil procedures sneller en efficiënter maken en werknemers beter beschermen.  

Vlaams Minister van Binnenlands Bestuur, Bestuurszaken, Inburgering en Gelijke Kansen, Bart Somers wilt dat nieuwkomers minstens 9 van de 11 vragen over "fundamentele normen en waarden" juist beantwoorden.

As of 1 January 2018, certain third-country nationals have the obligation to follow an integration programme in the German-speaking Community.

Under the Italian Presidency of the European Union a two days conference on European Migration Policy and Integration is organized in Rome on 17-18 December 2014.