Publicatie datum: 27 maart 2026
The report provides an in‑depth overview of Belgium’s status for smuggling victims, highlighting its objectives, legal framework, and practical implementation. It examines how the status is applied, who benefits from it, and the operational challenges encountered. The publication also identifies gaps in data collection and coordination between agencies. Finally, it offers evidence‑based recommendations to strengthen victim protection and improve the overall effectiveness of the system.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: victim of smuggling, status, Belgium, victim protection
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On 9 April 2026, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in M.V. and Others v. Belgium and held that Belgium had violated several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the reception conditions of four applicants for international protection.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: European Court of Human Rights, Belgium, violation, European Convention on Human Rights, inhuman and degrading treatment, right to a fair hearing
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Belgium and Algeria have signed two linked agreements, one on the readmission of irregularly staying Algerians and another providing a visa exemption for holders of Algerian diplomatic and service passports. The readmission agreement introduces measures to speed up identification, extend the validity of travel documents, allow the return of multiple individuals on the same flight, and permit the use of Algerian escorts during enforced returns.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa, Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: Belgium, Algeria, readmission agreement, visa exemption
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Belgium is advancing plans to consolidate its asylum and migration services under a single Federal Public Service (FPS) Migration. The initiative aims to create a unified administrative framework for managing asylum and migration processes. The governance model for the new service was approved by the Council of Ministers to structure its internal organisation.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: Federal Public Service Migration, Belgium, coordination, centralisation
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Op 27 maart 2026 nam EMN België deel aan de studiedag van Myria en het Nationaal Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie (NICC) getiteld "Het smokkelstatuut onder de loep", waar de resultaten werden voorgesteld van het onderzoeksrapport over de toepassing van het smokkelstatuut in de praktijk.
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Hoofdthema: Irreguliere migratie
Trefwoorden: mensensmokkel, statuut, verblijfsvergunning, België
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Belgian judicial and law enforcement authorities contributed to an operation targeting a criminal network supplying small boats for migrant crossings. Four high-level suspects were arrested in Germany and are expected to be extradited to Belgium for prosecution in Bruges. Searches in Germany and Belgium resulted in the seizure of boats, engines, life jackets, cash, and other equipment used in the smuggling activities.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: smuggling network, small boat, English channel, crossing, transit country, Belgium
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The Netherlands has decided to resume Dublin transfers of single, non-vulnerable male asylum seekers to Belgium, following a period in which such transfers were suspended after a Dutch court ruling. In April 2025, the District Court of The Hague, sitting in Groningen, found that single male asylum seekers risked being deprived of adequate reception conditions in Belgium, which could expose them to inhumane or degrading treatment. The ruling led to a halt in transfers under the EU Dublin system.
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Hoofdthema: Reception, International Protection
Trefwoorden: Dublin Regulation, Dublin transfer, Belgium, reception condition
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The Belgian Council of Ministers has taken note of a strategic vision for the reorganisation and centralisation of the federal administrative landscape. The plan foresees the regrouping of asylum and migration services under a dedicated Federal Public Service (FPS) Migration. The Council of Ministers has approved a timeline for the reorganisation and centralisation and has tasked the Minister for Public Administration with overseeing its implementation.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: federal administration, Belgium, Federal Public Service Migration
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Belgium and Morocco have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation across multiple areas, aiming for concrete and measurable results. The deal covers security, justice, economic development, and migration. Belgium has also committed to supporting Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara, a region that has been at the centre of an international dispute for nearly fifty years.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: bilateral cooperation, Belgium, Morocco, irregularly staying third-country national
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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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In het nieuwe akkoord willen de federale coalitiepartners de instroom van migranten beheersen en streven naar gecontroleerde migratie. Ze benadrukken ook het belang van de integratie van nieuwkomers, onder andere via een bindende nieuwkomersverklaring, en stellen eisen aan degenen die permanent in België willen verblijven.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: regeerakkoord, België, gecontroleerde migratie
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Op 3 februari 2025 legde de nieuwe federale regering van België de eed af voor koning Filip. Anneleen Van Bossuyt van de Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) is benoemd tot Minister van Asiel en Migratie, Maatschappelijke Integratie en Stedenbeleid in de zogenaamde “Arizona-coalitie”.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: Minister van Asiel en Migratie, België
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Het Charles de Visscher Centrum voor Internationaal en Europees Recht (CeDIE), in samenwerking met de Universiteit van Luxemburg, organiseert een symposium over "Het vrij verkeer van werknemers en burgers", op 12 oktober 2013 in Louvain-la-Neuve.