2012 has been a transitory year for the reception of asylum seekers. Besides that it was also a year in which a record number of people returned voluntary with the help of Fedasil and its partners.2012 will be etched in our mind as the turning point after the reception crisis. Jean-Pierre Luxen, director-general of Fedasil, looks ahead in his preface: "The renewed control over reception enables us to highlight the projects which the crisis did not allow us to promote and which will be pursued over the coming years: European programmes, the specialisation of reception, support for specific target groups and, in particular, unaccompanied minors, and a constructive and ambitious voluntary return programme, including the reintegration initiatives in the countries of origin."This annual report in English is a condensed version. The full version is available in French and Dutch. To order a paper version, send an email to info@fedasil.be.