Belgium: Information on the refugee determination process
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BEL14053 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Belgium: Information on the refugee determination process, 1 May 1993, BEL14053, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5c60.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For general information on the refugee determination process prior to October 1991, the date on which a new law on refugees came into force, please refer to the attached excerpt on Belgium from Asylum in Europe: A Handbook for Agencies Assisting Refugees. Information on the current refugee determination procedure is contained in the attached excerpt of the Quatrième rapport annuel du Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides. In addition, please find attached an article from Documentation-Réfugiés commenting on the new regulations pertaining to the recognition of refugee status in Belgium.
As mentioned in the Quatrième rapport annuel du Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides, until 31 January 1988 the United Nations High Commissioner's representative in Belgium was competent to determine refugee status (p.7).
For further information on this topic, please refer to the attached document.
Additional information on the requested subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
Reference
Royaume de Belgique. Quatrième rapport annuel du Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides. Année d'activité 1991. Bruxelles: Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides.
Attachments
Documentation-Réfugiés [Paris]. 25 October-8 November 1991. No.163. Eric Mignon. "Commentaires sur les nouvelles dispositions modifiant la procédure de reconnaissance de la qualité de réfugié en Belgique."
European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles. March 1983. Asylum in Europe: A Handbook for Agencies Assisting Refugees, 67-89.
Royaume de Belgique. Quatrième rapport annuel du Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides. Année d'activité 1991. Bruxelles: Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides, 3-34, 82-90.