Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The figures released in Brussels said that last January, the Immigration Office registered 3,106 applicants for international protection. Each person (including children) is charged separately. In addition, 11 more people were registered in January who came to Belgium via resettlement. This brings the total number of applicants for January to 3,117.
Syria, Palestine and Afghanistan top the ten countries applying for international protection in January 2024. Eritrea, Guinea, Cameroon, Turkey, Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Iraq and Moldova complete the top ten.
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In January 2024, the Commission adopted 1948 decisions. These decisions concern 2,333 people.
In January 2024, the protection rate reached 47.2%.
The far-right party, Vlaams Plange, said in a statement, a copy of which we received, “The influx of asylum seekers into this country will continue unabated in the new year. This is clearly evident from the latest figures issued by the General Commissioner for Refugees and Stateless Persons: a total of 3,117 have been registered.” Asylum application in the first month of this year. “After the 'good news' that the Secretary of State for Asylum and Immigration, Nicole De Moors, thought she had to stick to now and then, the hard facts are hitting again today," she says through the statement. Parliamentary group leader Barbara Bass (Vlaams Belang).
“The total number of 3,117 asylum applications represents a 12% increase compared to the same month last year,” Bass said. “Then the counter reached 2785.” In other words, there is no doubt that there will be a structural decline in the number of asylum applications – as some predicted almost a year ago in the wake of the famous “asylum deal”. “On the contrary,” Bass continues. “Never in modern history have refugee numbers reached this level in the first month of the year. This was not the case even in January 2016, when the European refugee crisis was still raging.
“Instead of structural measures, we received continued fumbling at the margins.”
In any case, according to the MP, one does not have to look far for an explanation for the ongoing crisis: “To this day, the federal government continues its clear refusal to do what other European countries have already done: take effective and effective measures.” Anti-flow measures to stop the flow.”
“Instead of structural measures, we have received constant fumbling at the margins,” Bass concludes. “The consequences are a structurally high asylum bill and a structurally high refugee influx. The latter was confirmed again today by the first asylum statistics of the year.