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: 11 december 2014
Deze Inform somt de belangrijkste bevindingen op van de desbetreffende EMN studie bedoeld om het gebruik van inreisverboden en terugname-overeenkomsten, als voornaamste EU beleidsinstrumenten van het terugkeerbeleid, te analyseren.
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Publicatie datum: 11 december 2014
Deze studie analyseert het gebruik van inreisverboden en terugname-overeenkomsten van de EU-lidstaten en identificeert goede praktijken op dat vlak.
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Hoofdthema: Irreguliere migratie
Publicatietype: Thematische Studies
Trefwoorden: gedwongen terugkeer
Publicatie datum: 19 november 2013
Deze EMN Informatiefiche geeft een overzicht van de huidige situatie rond terugkeer in de EU Schengenlanden en Noorwegen, met statistische ondersteuning.
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Publicatie datum: 09 augustus 2013
10 lidstaten verschaffen gedetailleerde informatie en statistische gegevens aangaande hun terugkeerbeleid, gedwongen verwijderingen en vrijwillige terugkeer. Deze vraag werd gelanceerd door het Franse EMN contactpunt.
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Publicatie datum: 25 juni 2013
Om te voldoen aan een grote vraag naar gedetailleerd cijfermateriaal aangaande asiel en migratie heeft het Belgisch Contactpunt van het EMN een reeks asiel- en migratiestatistieken gebundeld.
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Hoofdthema: Statistieken
Trefwoorden: asielaanvragen
Publicatie datum: 17 januari 2013
Deze compilatie van antwoorden op een ad hoc rondvraag van het Franse contactpunt bevat informatie over de verwijdering van niet-begeleide minderjarigen in EU lidstaten.
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Hoofdthema: Kwetsbare groepen, Terugkeer & Readmissie
Publicatietype: Ad Hoc Vragen
Trefwoorden: vrijwillige terugkeer
Publicatie datum: 21 april 2011
Hoe kan één van de moeilijkste beleidsvraagstukken van het moment worden benaderd: omgaan met irruliere migratie. Op 20 april 2011 heeft het Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) een nieuw rapport uitgegeven over irreguliere migratie in de UK
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Civil society organisations, as highlighted by Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, have urged the federal government to abandon the draft law allowing home searches for enforcement of return decisions, citing serious concerns raised by the Council of State. The draft law, first adopted by the Council of Ministers in July 2025, has faced scrutiny from several advisory bodies, including Myria, the Children’s Rights Delegate, and the Data Protection Authority. Municipal motions in various cities, including Brussels, Verviers, and La Hulpe, have also questioned its provisions.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: home search, forced return, privacy, inviolability of the home
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Myria, the Federal Migration Centre, has published a new thematic booklet as part of its annual report "Migration in figures and rights 2025". The publication presents recent figures on return, detention and removal, while analysing major legislative developments in Belgian return policy. It also examines the situation of detainees without legal residence in Belgian prisons and reviews the creation of the National Preventive Mechanism against ill-treatment in detention. According to Myria, return indicators have continued to rise after the pandemic, while new laws significantly expand the use of control and coercive measures.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: return policy, detention, voluntary return, forced return, National Preventive Mechanism, Convention against Torture
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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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The Council of the European Union has agreed its position on a proposal for an EU regulation establishing a common system for the return of third‑country nationals staying in the EU illegally. The proposed regulation introduces common procedures, obligations for those without the right to stay, and tools for cooperation between Member States. It also allows for the creation of return hubs in third countries. Negotiations with the European Parliament will follow to agree on the final text.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, illegally staying person, return regulation, return hub, European return order, mutual recognition of return decisions
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On 3 December, CIRÉ launched a campaign to inform the public about a draft law that would permit police, under judicial authorisation, to carry out home searches in specific cases involving foreign nationals subject to enforceable return decisions. The organisation highlights potential concerns regarding privacy and constitutional rights. Several Brussels municipalities have already expressed opposition to the measure. The campaign aims to encourage parliamentary scrutiny and public debate on the proposal.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, home search, illegally staying person, threat to public order
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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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Belgian Ministers of Justice and Asylum and Migration, Annelies Verlinden and Anneleen Van Bossuyt, visited Albania and Kosovo on 6–8 October 2025. Their discussions addressed migration management, prison overcrowding, and bilateral cooperation in justice and security. Meetings involved national authorities and highlighted ongoing collaboration between Belgium and the two countries.
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Hoofdthema: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Belgium, Albania, Kosovo, cooperation, identification, forced return, detainee
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Eight officers from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) have started work at Brussels Airport to assist in return operations. They will operate alongside Belgian police to increase the number of returns. Their deployment follows the adoption of national legislation and a Royal Decree defining their powers and operational zones.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, Frontex, European Border and Coast Guard, Brussels Airport
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The Belgian Council of Ministers has approved a draft law enabling home searches, with judicial authorisation, in cases involving non-cooperative foreign nationals facing return and posing a threat to public order or national security. The measure is similar to one previously discussed in 2018 and will now be submitted to the Council of State for its opinion. Several civil society organisations have expressed concerns about its implications.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: home search, forced return, public order, national security, immigration enforcement
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According to recent data released by Eurostat, 124.935 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 28.630 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave. When compared with the same quarter of 2023, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave went up by 16.3%, while the number of people returned to third countries increased by 24.3%.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: order to leave the territory, voluntary return, forced return, irregularly staying third-country national
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In 2024, 1.261 detainees were forcibly returned from Belgian prisons, down from 1.428 in 2023 and 1.511 in 2022, according to the Immigration Office. The most represented nationalities among those returned were Albanians, Moroccans, and Algerians. This decline comes amid ongoing challenges linked to prison overcrowding and changes in early-release policies.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: third country national, illegally staying person, detainee, prison, forced return
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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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In its overview of national forced return monitoring systems across the EU in 2023, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) noted that only one EU Member State did not monitor its national forced return operations in 2023. It also highlighted persistent challenges that affect the transparency and effectiveness of monitoring operations.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, monitoring
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On 2 May 2024, the Chamber of Representatives adopted in plenary session the draft law relating to the competencies of the members of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency on the national territory. The law inter alia defines how Frontex members will support the Federal Police in the field of border controls and forced return of foreigners.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: European Border and Coast Guard, Frontex, border control, forced return, escort
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Op 26 april 2024 keurde de ministerraad, op voorstel van Staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie Nicole de Moor en Staatssecretaris belast met de Regie der Gebouwen Mathieu Michel, de openbare aanbesteding goed voor twee nieuwe gesloten centra in Jabbeke en Jumet.
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Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: gesloten centrum, gedwongen terugkeer, staatssecretaris voor asiel en migratie
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Op voorstel van minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Annelies Verlinden heeft de Raad van Ministers een voorontwerp van wet goedgekeurd waarin de bevoegdheden van de medewerkers van de Europese grens- en kustwacht op nationaal grondgebied tijdens officiële missies worden vastgelegd.
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Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: Europese grens- en kustwacht, Frontex, grenscontrole, gedwongen terugkeer, escorte
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In de eerste drie maanden van dit jaar werden 959 mensen zonder wettig verblijf uit België teruggestuurd. Dat is dubbel zoveel als in dezelfde periode van vorig jaar, toen ging het om 502 personen.