Society » Demographics » Migration in Europe | Belgium: grants of asylum 2008-2016

Number of accepted grants of asylum in Belgium from 2008-2016

Annual number of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Belgium from 2008 to 2016

The data displays the annual growth figures of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Belgium from 2008 until 2016. Comparing 2008 to 2016, there has been an overall increase of almost 12 thousand refugees successfully qualifying for asylum in Belgium. The peak was in 2016 at approx. 15.1 thousand. Since 2008, Belgium has accepted a total of 60,395 refugees.

2008 3505
2009 2905
2010 3510
2011 5075
2012 5555
2013 6280
2014 8045
2015 10475
2016 15045