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The CGRS

The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS), an independent asylum authority.

The task of the CGRS consists of offering protection to foreigners who, if they return to their country of origin, run the risk of persecution or serious harm. The CGRS grants refugee status or subsidiary protection status. To this end, the CGRS carefully studies each application for asylum in light of the Belgian, European and international regulations.

The CGRS also issues register office certificates to recognised refugees and stateless persons.

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An asylum seeker is a person who has left his/her country of origin and asks for protection by submitting a request for international protection.

Vulnerable groups:

A refugee is an asylum seeker who has been granted refugee status, and therefore protection, by a country. Refugees must comply with the conditions of the Geneva Convention; they must have a well-founded fear of persecution owing to one of the criteria stated in the Geneva Convention: race, nationality, religion, political opinions or membership of a particular social group.

Rights and obligations

Brochure : You're recognised refugee in Belgium - Your rights and obligations (PDF, 232.48 Kb) 

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A beneficiary of subsidiary protection status is a person who has been granted subsidiary protection status. This person is a foreigner who does not meet the conditions to be recognised as a refugee, but who runs a real risk of serious harm in case of return to his/her country of origin.

A stateless person is a person who is not considered by any country a national of that country pursuant to the legislation which is in force on the territory of that country, or a person whose nationality has not been determined. More...

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Tracing tries to trace missing persons and restore contact.

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The CGRS is currently looking for translators and/or interpreters for the following languages and/or dialects:

  • Dagbani ( Ghana) - Dutch, French and/or English
  • Dendi (Benin) - French
  • Hungarian - French
  • Kikuyu (Kenya) - Dutch, French and/or English
  • Portuguese - French
  • Swahili (Tanzania) - Dutch, French and/or English

Click here if you would like more information on interpreting and translating for the CGRS.

Contact

Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons 
WTC II
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 26 A 
1000 BRUSSELS
Tel.: 02/205 51 11
Fax: 02/205 51 15
cgvs.info@ibz.fgov.be