Refugees country of origin: 16,693 (Syria), 5,515 (Iraq) (2020)
Stateless persons: 1,264 (2020)
Trafficking in Persons
Illicit Drugs
a primary entry point for cocaine smuggled into Europe; also a transit point for precursor chemicals from China for amphetamine and MDMA 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.
