Brussel Onthaal and BIAL, the Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics of the VUB (University of Brussels) work to improve the communication with new asylum seekers. Their project is subsidised this year by Fedasil.

For the first time, Fedasil organises a resettlement mission in Niger. Belgium will welcome 47 refugees.

Fedasil publishes its review 2017, a year marked by a decline in in the number of people received and the closure of 3,000 reception places.

Each year, Fedasil finances specific projects with regard to the reception of international protection applicants and other reception beneficiaries.

A call for tender has been issued within the context of the 'European Reintegration Network' (ERIN) project.

The Belgian government has decided to reduce the capacity of the reception network for asylum seekers.

In 2017, 23 Fedasil staff members travelled to Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Bulgaria for EASO.

Fedasil has signed a framework agreement with the Belgian development agency, Enabel.

Voluntary returns to the countries of origin are decreasing. Among others, this is the result of the lower number of asylum applications the past two years.

In 2017, Belgium resettled three times more refugees than the previous year. Most of them are Syrians but a group of Congolese also arrived in Belgium.