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Last year, 217 asylum-seekers in Belgium had their right to stay in the country revoked. It is a record number for a single year.
An American in Brussels is helping the city's refugees tell their unique stories through songwriting - in the hope of building empathy and understanding.
“To communicate, sometimes we just need to play.” It’s a statement that is as literal as it is intuitive.
A city councillor in Mechelen has been arrested on charges of human trafficking and extortion in connection with selling humanitarian visas to refugees.
The number of asylum applications made in Belgium rose by almost 20% in 2018 to 23,443, and grew faster in the second half of the year, official new figures show.
Belgium's 50-a-day limit on asylum applications has been thrown out by the country's supreme court for violating human rights, after a complaint lodged by seven refugee organisations.
Four Belgians who sheltered migrants in their homes have been found not guilty of involvement in a people smuggling operation.
Since last Wednesday, the Immigration Office in the centre of Brussels has limited asylum requests to 50 to 60 a day.
The month of October saw 2,750 requests for asylum in Belgium, nearly 20% more than the month before and more than 50% more than October of last year.
