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Asylum statistics: survey 2023

Number of applications

In 2023, 35,507 persons filed an application for international protection with the Immigration Office (IO). This includes 284 persons who arrived in Belgium as part of resettlement.

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New policy Somalia

New policy regarding the security situation for the assessment of applications for international protection from Somalia.

 

The mission of the CGRS

The mission of the CGRS consists of assessing whether applicants for international protection are in need of protection.

The CGRS assesses this for each applicant individually. This is done on the basis of the refugee and subsidiary protection definitions established by law and international treaties.

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CGRS resumes the processing of all Palestinian cases

Following the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in October, the CGRS decided to temporarily suspend decisions to grant or refuse subsidiary protection status in Palestinian cases. This suspension only concerned cases of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in which the CGRS would have concluded to refuse refugee status on the basis of the Geneva Convention according to its policy as determined before 7 October.

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Railway strike on 6 and 7 December: personal interviews continue

The CGRS is not cancelling the personal interviews scheduled on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 December.

Due to a strike, train availability will be limited from Tuesday 5 December, 10 PM, to Thursday 7 December. In order to deal with the limited number of trains running, the SNCB will put in place an alternative service in accordance with staff availability.   

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Annual report 2022

Today, the CGRS published its annual report 2022. The annual report contains a complete overview of the asylum figures of 2022. The annual report is available in Dutch and French in an online version and in PDF format.

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Update: processing cases of applicants from Gaza and West Bank

In the context of recent events and the volatile situation in the Palestinian territories, and more specifically the Gaza Strip, the CGRS will continue to process cases. Planned interviews and research continue. The CGRS will continue to notify the following decisions:

  • Decisions granting refugee status, in which an individual well-founded fear of persecution is clearly established.
  • Decisions of inadmissibility for a person enjoying a protection status in another member state.

However, the notification of the following decisions is suspended:

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From 12 June 2026, the CGRS will apply new EU rules for the asylum procedure, including mandatory recording of the personal interview, wider use of the accelerated procedure and revised rules on safe countries.

More information:
www.cgrs.be/en/changes-introduced-eu-asylum-and-migration-pact