List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure

Belgium

Country Report: List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure Last updated: 24/06/25

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Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen Visit Website

 

Stage of the procedure Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (FR/NL)
Application    
At the border Federal Police Police Fédérale (Direction générale de la police administrative) I Federale politie (Algemene directie van de bestuurlijke politie)
On the territory Immigration Office Office des étrangers (OE) I Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ)
Dublin Immigration Office Office des étrangers (OE) I Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ)
Refugee status determination Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRS) I Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (CGVS)
Appeal Council of Alien Law Litigation (CALL) Conseil du contentieux des étrangers (CCE) I Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen (RvV)
Onward appeal Council of State Conseil d’Etat / Raad van State
Subsequent application (admissibility) Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)

 

Immigration Office

Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRS) I Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (CGVS)

Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken (DVZ) I Office des étrangers (OE)

Revocation / Withdrawal Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)

 

Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (CGRS) I Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (CGVS)

 

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation