Country Report: Belgium - 2022 Update (AIDA)
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.
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The Country Report 2022 highlights inter alia the following key points:
- In 2022, a total of 36,871 applications for international protection were lodged.
- 10,632 persons were granted refugee status and 429 subsidiary protections, bringing the total recognition rate to 43%.
- 7,742 persons received a decision refusing refugee status and refusing subsidiary protection status.
- 4,253 applications were declared inadmissible.
- 1,046 applications were declared manifestly unfounded.
- 15,052 outgoing requests were sent to other states in the context of the Dublin procedure, 8,735 of which were accepted.
- In the context of the reception crisis that started in mid-October 2021, access to the asylum procedure has been severely impacted in 2022. The shortage of places in reception centres worsened.
For further information, please read the press release from ECRE and the full country report.