Belgium: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine
Rights upon
recognition
register application;
Federal Agency for the
Reception of Asylum
Seekers (Fedasil) must
provide accommodation (if
not, a request can be
submitted to the
Employment Tribunal)
Temporary residence (five
years); permanent
residence after five years;
right to work without
permit; social security on
same basis as Belgian
nationals; right to apply for
family reunification;
prohibition of return to
country of origin;
automatic right to travel
documents (i.e. a ‘blue
passport’ obtained from
municipality)
Temporary residence
(one year, renewable
twice for two years);
permanent residence
after five years; right to
work upon application
for work or selfemployment permit;
social security on same
basis as Belgian
nationals; right to apply
for family reunification;
apply for travel
document, but must
obtain certificate from
General Commissioner
for Refugees and
Stateless Persons
confirming status and
impossibility to obtain a
passport
Right to reside (one year);
right to work; right to suitable
accommodation; social
welfare; medical care;
education for children and
temporary education for
adults; transfers of family
members to another Member
State for reunification; right to
apply for asylum at any time
For more information, see:
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Office of the General Commissioner for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Main page, Brochures on the
asylum procedure, rights, and obligations, International Protection, Unaccompanied Child
Immigration Office, International Protection and Temporary Protection
Federal Agency for the Reception of the Asylum Seekers (FEDASIL)
UNHCR, Help Ukraine
Belgium’s official website gathering all information about and for people fleeing Ukraine
Agency for Integration and Inclusion (Agentschap voor Integratie en Inburgering, AGII) page on Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Travel pass for refugees, stateless persons of foreign nationals
Ariane, managed by the Red Cross (Emergency reception centre): +32 2 346 66 60 info@centreariane.be
Employment - job search: ACTIRIS Brussels, Information for Ukrainians, Forem Wallonia, VDAB
Regional website dedicated to information for Ukrainians in Brussels, Wallonie, Flanders
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Information Sheet
EU Asylum Agency, Who is Who in International Protection, Temporary Protection overview
EASO, Guidance on reception conditions for unaccompanied children
KIND & Child Circle, Note on unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine
Right to Protection, Who are stateless persons who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion on 24 of
February, 2022