Belgium Is The EU 'Capital' For Foreign Fighters

In the wake of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, police arrested seven suspects in the Molenbeek district of Brussels. According to data compiled by RFE/RL, Belgium has contributed the most fighters to the so-called Islamic State of any EU nation on a per capita basis. RFE/RL estimate that there are 40 fighters per million Belgian inhabitants present in Syria and Iraq. Jordan, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are the top three nations worldwide for supplying the so-called Islamic State with foreign fighters, contributing 315, 280 and 107 per million people respectively.

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This chart shows the estimated number of foreign fighters per capita in 2015 (per million people).

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Foreign population of Belgium in 2020, by origin
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Distribution of ISIS fighters from Germany in Syria and Iraq in 2016, by citizenship
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Number of jihadism-related attacks by country in the European Union (EU) in 2021
Inflow of university students from EU-27, EEA and candidate countries to Belgium from 2005 to 2012 (in 1,000)
Population of Belgium from 2009 to 2023, by origin
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Foreign-born population of Belgium from 2009 to 2023

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