Publicatie datum: 22 juli 2025

The European Pact on Asylum and Migration, adopted in May 2024, introduces binding obligations for EU Member States, including Belgium, on the identification and protection of stateless persons. The Nansen report highlights the specific challenges faced by stateless persons in Belgium and offers key recommendations to ensure their effective access to international protection.

Publicatie datum: 20 juni 2024

In its annual report 2023, Fairwork Belgium reports on requests for assistance received in 2023 and provides further details on the profiles of the people concerned and the phenomena and abuses of which they are victims. Specific attention is paid to inter alia the misuse of the single permit system, the exploitation of posted workers, the false self-employment of applicants for international protection, and the au-pair employment as domestic worker.

Publicatie datum: 30 juni 2023

FAIRWORK Belgium's 2022 annual report analyses inter alia the complex system of single permits. Given current practices, this system "benefits dishonest employers" according to the organisation.
Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: migrant workers, single permit, undocumented migrants

Publicatie datum: 21 april 2023

The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2022. Further, the report includes an annex providing an overview of temporary protection.
Hoofdthema: Asylum
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: asylum procedure, reception condition, detention

Publicatie datum: 05 april 2023

The paper examines the amendments to the Eurodac proposal proposed by the Council and the European Parliament and the connections between Eurodac and other CEAS reform proposals. 
Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Eurodac, Common European Asylum System

Publicatie datum: 24 maart 2023

This Policy Note analyses the challenges faced by asylum seekers in the EU to access their right to education, from primary-level education to higher and vocational education. It is based on the analysis of the 19 country reports and further desk research.
Hoofdthema: Integration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: access to education, inclusion, special needs

Publicatie datum: 13 maart 2023

The DRC Global Displacement Forecast 2023 Report, projects that the total number of people displaced will increase by 1.9 million in 2023 and an additional 3.5 million in 2024. This means that by 2024, the number of displaced people will have more than doubled since 2015 and increased by more than 50 million. 
Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: displacement

Publicatie datum: 10 januari 2022

This comparative report provides an overview of the use of digital tools and remote working methods in asylum processes in 23 European countries. It questions the risks and benefits of such use and highlights several fundamental guarantees and procedural safeguards which must continue to apply to ensure that they do not infringe the existing CEAS framework.
Hoofdthema: International Protection
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: digitalisation, asylum procedure

Publicatie datum: 15 februari 2017

We weten verrassend weinig over hoe NGO's en advocaten onderzoek doen in het kader van asielaanvragen. Om deze kloof te dichten, heeft Asylos 20 advocaten en medewerkers van ngo's in België, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Griekenland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk geïnterviewd om de uitdagingen van het onderzoek naar bewijs, evenals de mogelijkheden voor het verbeteren van het onderzoeksproces te begrijpen.

Publicatie datum: 06 februari 2017

Door haar werk in samenwerking met verenigingen op het terrein en haar taak informatie aan te reiken in het kader van individuele verzoeken, heeft de Liga voor de Mensenrechten een aantal behoeften geconstateerd die specifiek zijn voor het domein van migratie. De belangrijkste is ongetwijfeld die van de toegang tot informatie over hun rechten voor migranten. De Liga voor de Mensenrechten heeft daarom een pocket gids gepubliceerd met de belangrijkste praktische informatie voor migranten.
Hoofdthema: Integratie
Trefwoorden: migrants rights

Publicatie datum: 01 januari 2017

This report of the ‘Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’ (ISI) explores the urgency of and opportunities for addressing childhood statelessness. Over 50 experts and organizations have contributed material – essays, interviews, photographs and more.
Hoofdthema: Statelessness
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: statelessness, stateless persons

Publicatie datum: 27 mei 2016

The ICMC has conduct a project called SHARE to build a European resettlement network. Here is the final report.
Hoofdthema: Migration, Reception, Integration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: resettlement

Publicatie datum: 10 mei 2016

This study, published by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), focuses on links between the Europe 2020 Strategy and undocumented migrants.

Publicatie datum: 10 februari 2016

The 51st edition of Forced Migration Review is dedicated to the current migration crisis in Europe, which is examined from different perspectives (legal, practical, moral...).
Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Forced Migration Review, migration crisis

Publicatie datum: 09 november 2015

Through this publication, the Ciré informs private persons, who wish to welcome a migrant at home, about the needs of the sector and the legal consequences.
Hoofdthema: Reception
Publicatietype: EMN Reports & Studies
Trefwoorden: accomodation, private person

Publicatie datum: 21 september 2015

The Annual Report 2014/ 2015, produced in the framework of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) project, provides information on the main developments regarding asylum policies and practices in EU Member States.

Publicatie datum: 03 juli 2013

This report provides statistics, information on the legal framework, the asylum procedure and reception conditions for asylum seekers in Belgium.

Publicatie datum: 28 februari 2013

Het Dublin transnational network project dat wordt gecoördineerd door Forum Réfugiés -Cosi in samenwerking met ECRE, Hungarian Helsinki Committee en nationale partners heeft een vergelijkend rapport gepubliceerd aangaande de toepassing van de Dublinverordening in verscheidene Europese lidstaten.
Hoofdthema: Internationale bescherming
Publicatietype: Rapport
Trefwoorden: dublinverordening

Publicatie datum: 24 augustus 2011

In juli heeft de internationale Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) een beleidsrapport uitgegeven met als titel "Policy paper: the recast of the EU asylum Procedure and Reception Directives", waarbij aanbevelingen worden gemaakt aangaande de twee Europese richtlijnen.

Publicatie datum: 28 maart 2011

ECRE/ELENA- Dit survey biedt een vergelijkend overzicht van de voorzieningen voor juridische bijstand van asielzoekers in Europa.
Hoofdthema: Internationale bescherming
Publicatietype: Studie

Publicatie datum: 28 maart 2011

Herwerkte editie van de ECRE-handleiding (ECRE=European Council on Refugees and Exiles) voor de behandeling van een etnische groep van vluchtelingen, die nog altijd een heel hoog aandeel heeft aan het globale aantal van asielzoekers in Europa.
Hoofdthema: Internationale bescherming
Publicatietype: Rapport

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CIRÉ, together with partner organisations, has lodged an urgent appeal at the Council of State challenging a ministerial instruction that continues to exclude asylum seekers who have already been granted protection in another EU member state from reception facilities. The move follows a recent temporary suspension of the measure by the Constitutional Court. CIRÉ argues the instruction undermines judicial authority and the rule of law.

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Child Focus and Payoke have signed a collaboration protocol to better detect, support, and protect minors who are victims of sexual exploitation. The agreement establishes fixed contact points, faster coordination for urgent cases, and tailored referrals, aiming to ensure that victims receive appropriate assistance without having to repeat their story.

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The medical office run by Médecins du Monde within the Humanitarian Hub in Brussels will cease its activities on 31 March 2026. The closure follows the recent shutdown of the Athena Medical Centre. According to the organisation, this will further reduce access to primary healthcare for vulnerable groups in the capital. Médecins du Monde has warned of likely consequences for emergency services and for people with limited access to care.