Faber: “With this stricter approach, we can quickly process applications from troublemakers and hopeless asylum applications. We keep this group off the streets, thereby directly reducing disturbances. This addresses problems in Budel and Ter Apel. It also reduces pressure on shelters, as asylum seekers no longer have the right to shelter after a rejection and must return immediately to their country of origin.”
Asylum seekers who come from a safe country and therefore submit a hopeless asylum application must report twice a day. If that measure has insufficient effect, an intensive program will follow at a closely monitored location, aiming to change the behavior of the individuals. Troublemakers will be placed directly in a closely monitored location. Faber is mapping the conditions to impose additional restrictions on troublemakers who persist, by placing these individuals in a so-called process availability location. Additionally, there is the option to place asylum seekers in an enforcement and monitoring location, or in a detention center.
New pilot
The process availability approach pilot is a continuation of the earlier started pilot with the process availability location. That pilot was halted after a court ruling. By starting the new approach with a reporting obligation and an intensive daily program, there is now sufficient legal basis for the stricter approach.
For more information, read the letter to Parliament regarding the process availability approach pilot.