Royal Order modifying the Royal Order of 8 October 1981 on access to the territory, residency, establishment, and removal of foreigners, 28 January 1988.
This Order sets forth procedural and administrative rules with respect to the right of entry and residence of foreigners who present themselves at the border without the required documents claiming to be refugees.  It also contains rules on ordering persons to leave Belgium, urgent requests for re-examination of decisions adverse to foreigners, and legal recourse after an adverse decision.  Its major substantive provisions are as follows: 1) persons presenting themselves at the Belgian border without the required documents and claiming to be refugees are authorized to enter and reside in Belgium until a decision has been made on their request for refugee status if they are not refused entry; 2) such persons who are not admitted into Belgium are to be turned back to the country from which they came by border authorities; and 3) urgent requests to re-examine decisions and court appeals operate to suspend the turning back of foreigners and orders to leave Belgium made against those already admitted.  The Order is issued in light of the changes made in immigration law by the Act of 14 July 1987 (see Annual Review of Population Law Vol. 14, 1987, Section 810).
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