Belgium Issues - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

none identified

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 62,181 (Ukraine) (as of 29 November 2022)

stateless persons: 1,159 (mid-year 2021)

Illicit drugs

a primary entry point for cocaine smuggled into Europe; also a transit point for precursor chemicals from China for amphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy) production labs in Belgium; a transit country for new psychoactive substances (NPS); increasing number of amphetamine and ecstasy production labs in Belgium; heroin also transits through Belgium.

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.