The separate and reduced reception also accommodates asylum seekers who do not receive status in the Netherlands because they have already received an asylum permit in another EU country. The asylum application of these groups is also processed faster.
Reduce pressure
State Secretary Ankie Broekers-Knol (Asylum) writes to the Lower House that with these measures she wants to reduce the pressure that this group places on the entire asylum chain.
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In addition, the austere regime and the accelerated settlement will mean that people from safe countries such as Morocco and Algeria will less often risk a chance in the Netherlands, Broekers thinks. It must also combat the nuisance and incidents that these asylum seekers relatively often cause in and around the normal reception locations.
The hopeless asylum seekers will move – in phases – to separate areas within the current asylum seekers’ centers in Ter Apel and Budel-Cranendonck. The Immigration and Naturalization Service IND will process the applications as quickly as possible, the aim is within one month. The asylum seekers also receive better guidance, so that the entire process can proceed faster.
No living allowance
The austere regime means that the asylum seekers must report daily to the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) and are checked when they leave the site and return. They also do not receive a living allowance, but they receive goods such as meals and basic items at the location.
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For real nuisances, a stricter approach already applies in various reception centers. There is a special asylum center in Hoogeveen for people who seriously disrupt things or exhibit criminal behavior. They are not allowed to leave the site.
Disadvantaged groups
Vulnerable asylum seekers who also fall under the underprivileged group, such as families with children up to the age of 16, single women, homosexuals or others from the LGBTI group, will not end up in these two new facilities. They go to regular reception centers, but they fall under the austere regime, with the exception of single children.
The underprivileged asylum seekers who are already undergoing procedure in the normal centers will remain there as long as their procedure is ongoing.
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