Publicatie datum: 06 juni 2022
Hebben EMN lidstaten de besluitvorming over aanvragen voor internationale bescherming van Afghaanse burgers opgeschort toen de Taliban de controle over Afghanistan overnam in augustus 2021? Deze ad hoc vraag, gelanceerd door België, onderzoekt de aard en gevolgen van dergelijke opschorting wat betreft gehoren, beschermingsstatussen, enzovoort.
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Publicatie datum: 08 november 2017
De gedwongen terugkeer van afgewezen asielzoekers naar Afghanistan is sterk bediscussieerd in Zweden. In dit kader heeft het Zweedse Contactpunt van het EMN de door 17 lidstaten, waaronder België, verstrekte informatie verzameld en geanalyseerd.
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Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Publicatietype: Ad Hoc Vragen
Trefwoorden: gedwongen terugkeer, Afghanistan
Publicatie datum: 08 mei 2017
This publication is based on social media research conducted by a small UNHCR team. Between March and December 2016, they issued weekly monitoring reports which have now been compiled into this synopsis.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: social media, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria
Publicatie datum: 17 augustus 2015
On 27 July 2015, UNHCR and Fedasil launched the report “All Born on 01/01” which examines the situation of Afghan asylum seekers residing in collective reception centres in Belgium.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: UNHCR, reception centre, Fedasil, Afghanistan
Publicatie datum: 05 maart 2015
In this dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, Marieke van Houte shows that the expectations on which migration and development policies are based only apply to a small minority of returnees, who are not the group that is targeted by these policies.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Publicatietype: Study
Trefwoorden: Afghanistan, agents of changes, AVRR, development, post-conflict situation, return migration, return policies
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Belgium has confirmed its participation in an exploratory administrative mission to Afghanistan, representing 20 European Union Member States. The announcement was made by Minister of Asylum and Migration Anneleen Van Bossuyt. The mission, organised by the European Commission, aimed to establish technical administrative contacts with Afghan authorities. The initiative has drawn attention from refugee organisations, which have expressed concern about engagement with the Taliban regime.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: voluntary return, forced return, illegally staying person, Afghanistan, identification, criminal foreigner
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On 16 October 2025, twenty EU Member States signed a joint letter urging the European Commission to take coordinated steps to enable voluntary and forced return to Afghanistan. The initiative, led by Belgian Minister for Asylum and Migration Anneleen Van Bossuyt, calls for a coherent European approach to address cases of Afghan nationals residing irregularly in the EU, particularly those posing a threat to public order or national security. The signatories stress that credible migration policies require effective return mechanisms and call for tangible progress by the end of the year.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: Afghanistan, voluntary return, forced return, public order, national security
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In a press release published on 27 January 2025, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration announced that Belgian authorities could organise the forced return of Afghans to Istanbul and that partners on the ground could then take them to Afghanistan. This collaboration and the budgets for it still need to be finalised by a new government.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, Afghanistan
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Myria has published the sixth thematic section of its 2023 annual report. This section entitled "International protection" reports that the refusal rate for asylum seekers from Afghanistan in 2022 is higher in Belgium (56%) than the average for EU countries (47%). In the event of return, some Afghan asylum seekers could risk degrading or even inhuman treatment (prohibited by Article 3 of the ECHR), given the current situation in Afghanistan.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: Afghanistan, refusal rate, inhuman or degrading treatment
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At the initiative of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, the premiums granted to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who voluntarily return to their country of origin have been temporarily doubled.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: Afghanistan, departure premium, Iraq, voluntary return
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The report entitled ‘Afghanistan security situation’provides a comprehensive overview of the security situation in Afghanistan, and information relevant for the protection status determination of Afghan asylum seekers.