{"id":193,"date":"2020-11-03T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T10:19:10","slug":"about-unhcr-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/about-unhcr-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"About UNHCR in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the role of UNHCR in Belgium?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As already mentioned on this page, in Belgium, the authorities have the responsibility to process international protection claims and decide whether a person is in need of protection and can therefore receive a residence permit in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, <strong>UNHCR in Belgium<\/strong> <strong>does <u>not<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>receive nor process applications for international protection<\/li><li>receive nor process resettlement applications (to Belgium or other countries)<\/li><li>process applications for voluntary return,<\/li><li>provide accommodation, social or financial assistance,<\/li><li>issue refugee documents (including civil\/travel documents).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other pages of this help-page, you can find the relevant authority\/organization that can assist you with the above requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The main activities of UNHCR in Belgium include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protection (monitoring, capacity-building and advocacy) activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Advising international protection institutions and relevant actors (lawyers, social workers, NGOs, etc.) on refugee law and legislative processes related to international protection and statelessness &#8211; to ensure that they comply with international legal standards;<\/li><li>Assisting national institutions and civil society in building capacity;<\/li><li>Advocating for comprehensive measures so that persons of concern can effectively benefit from the rights guaranteed by international, regional and national frameworks;<\/li><li>Raising awareness of the rights and obligations of refugees to stakeholders, national institutions, and civil society;<\/li><li>Informing refugees, applicants of international protection and stateless persons about their rights and obligations, and assisting them;<\/li><li>In exceptional cases, intervening in court proceedings that are precedent-setting for the international protection of refugees.<\/li><li>Advising authorities and NGOs on ways in which refugees who have been granted international protection can be helped to integrate into Belgium.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Private-sector partnerships:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UNHCR in Belgium proactively engages with companies, foundations and philanthropists interested in contributing to innovative solutions in addressing the challenges faced by refugees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Public awareness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Organizing events and initiatives together with cultural, political, sports partners and other private-sector organizations to promote the work of UNHCR.<\/li><li>Promoting visibility of UNHCR\u2019s work and advocating for people of concern to UNHCR by sharing inspiring stories about refugees via its website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/belgium.html\">unhcr.org<\/a> and through social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNHCR.BE\/\">UNHCR Belgium\u2019s Facebook<\/a>, and Twitter (@UNHCRBelgique and @UNHCRBelgi\u00eb).<\/li><li>Maintaining relationships with local media and closely monitoring the national press.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information on our activities<\/strong>, please visit our website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\">https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/be\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the role of UNHCR in Belgium? As already mentioned on this page, in Belgium, the authorities have the responsibility to process international protection claims and decide whether a person is in need of protection and can therefore receive a residence permit in Belgium. Therefore, UNHCR in Belgium does not: receive nor process applications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/belgium\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}