OP-ED: Collaborating with the Taliban regime in the name of “administrative” matters?
By Mehdi Kassou I was deeply surprised, while reading the press this weekend, to discover that Belgium had, through Freddy Roosemont, Director General of the Immigration Office, taken part – on behalf of a group of around twenty European Union member states – in...
BELGIUM: Government’s negotiations with Taliban spark criticism ― Financial incentives to encourage returns to Syria ― NGOs concerned about conditions in migration detention centres ― Last asylum hotels closed despite ongoing concerns about shortage of reception places
Belgium has participated in talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan regarding the return of individuals with criminal records or lacking identity documents. The government is planning to increase the reintegration support that it provides to Syrians who return to their...
MEDITERRANEAN: Fall in number of recorded crossings and deaths in 2025 ― Court in Greece acquits humanitarians in ‘people smuggling’ trial ― Greek NGOs raise concerns about draft law on ‘NGO Registry’ ― Court in Malta awards compensation to teenager unlawfully detained in 2021 ― Maltese minister responds to parliamentary scrutiny on asylum data
There was an 11% decrease in the number of recorded irregular border crossings in the Mediterranean in 2025. There was a decrease in the number of people recorded as missing in the Mediterranean in 2025. A court on the Greek island of Lesvos has acquitted a group of...