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Since 2013 Belgium has a structural resettlement programme, which means that our country offers every year protection to a number of vulnerable refugees. Since this date, 3,284 refugees have been resettled in Belgium, among them 2,890 Syrian refugees and 315 Congolese refugees.

  • 2013: 100 refugees, a vast majority of Burundian and Congolese refugees staying in camps in Tanzania and Burundi;
  • 2014: 34 refugees (Syrian refugees from Turkey);
  • 2015: 276 refugees, a vast majority of Syrian refugees from Lebanon and Congolese refugees from Burundi; 
  • 2016: 452 refugees, a vast majority of Syrian refugees from Lebanon and Turkey; 
  • 2017: 1,191 Syrian refugees from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, and 118 Congolese refugees from Uganda;
  • 2018 : 802 Syrian refugees from Lebanon,Turkey and Jordan; 34 Congolese refugees from Uganda and 43 Eritrean and Somali refugees from Niger;
  • 2019: 233 Syrian refugees from Lebanon,Turkey and Jordan.

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