More voluntary returns in 2015
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4,053 people decided to return voluntarily to their country of origin in 2015, including a number of Iraqis.
Volontary return
Voluntary returns increasing again
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For several months now more and more people are voluntarily returning to their country. Many of them are Iraqis.
1,376 returnees during the first semester of 2015
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From January until June 2015, 1,376 persons have returned voluntarily. Many of them were migrants without a legal residence permit.
Kazakhstan, reintegration partner
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Fedasil recently travelled to Kazakhstan to monitor the reintegration projects of people who have voluntarily returned from Belgium.
Embassies and consulates at Fedasil
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On 25 November foreign embassies and consulates were invited to the headquarters of Fedasil for a meeting on voluntary return.
State of affairs of voluntary returns in 2014
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1,769 persons have opted to return voluntarily to their country of origin during the first six months of 2014. That is 17% fewer than during the second half of 2013.
1 in 3 return via the return desk
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A record number of migrants are visiting the Fedasil return desk to request a voluntary return to their country of origin.
4,585 voluntary returns in 2013
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In 2013, 4,585 people voluntarily returned to their country of origin with the help of the Belgian voluntary return programme.
Voluntary return: seminar for Embassies
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On 12 December, Fedasil and the IOM presented the Belgian voluntary return programme to foreign embassies and consulates.