In the first half of 2025, West Flanders saw 72 transit migrants intercepted, a significant decrease compared with previous years. Most were from Ethiopia, while earlier periods involved people from Sudan, Iraq and Vietnam. Authorities cite preventive policing and cross-border controls as key factors.

According to a report commissioned by the governor of West Flanders, a total of 632 transmigrants were caught in the province in 2024, while in 2023 there were fewer than 400. The province's share of interceptions also went up. West Flanders accounted for about 70% of all transit migrants intercepted in Belgium in 2024, compared to around 50% in previous years.

After nearly two years of closure, Fedasil’s Info Point reopened on 27 September 2023, at its new location in rue Héger-Bordet, 3. The Info Point offers information and counseling for applicants for international protection living outside the reception network, but also migrants in transit and persons without a residence permit.

Er worden hekken gezet langs de parkeergarages Westkerke en Mannekensvere op de E40 om te voorkomen dat transmigranten de snelweg oversteken om in vrachtwagens te klimmen die het VK willen bereiken.

Op een persconferentie bij de scheepvaartpolitie in Oostende, heeft Minister van Justitie, Vincent Van Quickenborne, gezegd dat de krachtige aanpak van mensensmokkelaars tot 90% daling in transitmigranten naar VK leidt.