Record number of European Union citizens departed Belgium last year, officials reported Wednesday. Belgium's Myria published annual report highlighting highest-ever departure of EU nationals recorded.

Myria's data revealed steady migrant arrivals, primarily following the Ukrainian refugee influx recently.

Last year, over one hundred seventy-one thousand foreigners migrated to live in Belgium. Migration origins included various continents, but Romanian nationals represented the largest arriving group.

Nearly ninety-two thousand foreigners left Belgium; European Union citizens led this significant outflow. Myria stated migration motives are complex, resisting reduction to a single explanation.