This report is prepared in the framework of the Europe H2020 project ‘Rebuilding an inclusive, value based Europe of solidarity and trust through social investments’ (RE-InVEST). The project aims to evaluate the social investment strategy of the European Commission implemented in 2013 in response to the social damage of the financial crisis in 2008. The RE-InVEST consortium assesses the social damage of the crisis from human rights and capability based approaches with an eye to those vulnerable groups affected the most by the crisis in the 12 countries (and 13 regions) covered by the consortium. The analyses are carried out by the local partners, who consist of NGOs and/or researchers. The crisis of 2008 didn’t affected Belgium in the same way as other European countries. Belgium was one of the first countries that linked up again with growth. But this revival was temporarily. From 2012 on, the backlash hit Belgium. Economic growth became negative intensified by higher unemployment rates. This backlash was also translated into electoral choices. A conservative inspired government took form and installed a neoliberal agenda with a lot of austerity measures. Among vulnerable people in Belgium people with a history of migration tend to be the most exposed. Poverty among them is high, much higher than among native people. Within this group undocumented migrants and newcomers are the most affected, but they are nearly invisible in statistics and official reports. Due to the harsher political climate they feel more than others the impact of the crisis and the anti-crisis measures. The harsher political climate is also translated into more restrictive policies towards people with a history of migration. For this reason the group was identified as particularly affected by the crisis. The RE-InVEST consortium has jointly developed the PAHRCA-methodology that combines princi­ples of Participatory Action research with Human Rights and Capability Approaches. This qualitative, par­ticipatory research does not generate ...