As of 24 October 2024, the centre for registering applications for international protection is located at rue Belliard 68 in 1000 Brussels. Applications can still be registered in the Pacheco building until Wednesday, 23 October 2024.

Fedasil has a budget for financing specific projects relating to the reception of asylum seekers (and other reception beneficiaries). The Agency has launched its call for projects for the year 2025. In 2025, the focus will be on projects that focus on support, activation, and housing.

In a recent judgement in Case C‑134/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified that Article 38 of Directive 2013/32/EU does not preclude legislation of a Member State designating a third country as generally safe for certain categories of applicants for international protection, even if that third country has suspended, in general terms and without any prospect of a contrary development, the admission or readmission of those applicants to its territory.

The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS) announced on 2 October 2024 that the notification of decisions granting or refusing subsidiary protection status to applicants from Lebanon is suspended until the CGRS has sufficient objective information to assess the security situation in Lebanon.

On 1 October 2024, Nicole de Moor stated that proportionally speaking, more Palestinian applicants for international protection come to Belgium than to other European Member States. She also confirmed that the protection rate for Palestinian applicants had increased in recent 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.

Tijdens een webinar op 17 september 2024 belichtten EMN-lidstaten en leden met waarnemerstatus, en het Rode Kruis belangrijke praktijken en uitdagingen bij het identificeren van slachtoffers van foltering in het kader van internationale en tijdelijke bescherming. Ook persoonlijke ervaringen van migranten die foltering overleefd hebben, werden belicht, net als manieren om hun kwetsbaarheid beter aan te pakken.

Dit evenement zal belangrijke stakeholders bijeenbrengen om discussies te faciliteren over huidige uitdagingen, en inzichten te bieden in goede praktijken voor het beheer van de accommodatie van verzoekers om internationale bescherming. Ook de ondersteuning van toegang tot huisvesting voor begunstigden van internationale bescherming zal aan bod komen.

Het Europees Migratienetwerk organiseert een webinar om de onlangs gepubliceerde studie over "Integratie van verzoekers om internationale bescherming in de arbeidsmarkt" te presenteren. Beperkingen, uitdagingen en goede praktijken zullen worden belicht en besproken.