On February 7, the pilot for the process availability approach with a reporting obligation and intensified supervision was already started at the request of the minister. This approach is for asylum seekers with a low-probability asylum application who are expedited through the procedure. It is now added that the freedom of movement of offenders in a process availability location (pbl) can be further restricted.
In the pbl, asylum seekers are required to stay 24 hours a day in a limited area around the asylum seekers center (azc) and are not allowed to travel to the residential and village centers of Ter Apel and Nieuw Weerdinge. A violation of the tightened rules may lead to detention.
The reopening of the renewed process availability location is a breakthrough because the court ruled last March that placement in this regime was unlawful. As a result, placement in a pbl had to be forcibly discontinued.
The renewed approach offers possibilities to impose various forms of freedom-restricting measures after disturbances. The legal basis is that it is determined and motivated individually which measure is imposed within the escalation model. Increasingly severe measures can be imposed if the asylum seeker continues to exhibit disturbing behavior. Steps can also be skipped, and for example, detention can be imposed immediately.
Minister Faber:
“I find it intolerable that asylum seekers who come to our country for safety intimidate residents and cause insecurity. These offenders deserve the harshest possible approach. I tolerate no disturbance. Not now. Never.”
Entrepreneurs who suffer damage due to disturbing behavior from asylum seekers deserve help and support. Therefore, making it easier to claim damages must be addressed, and it is being investigated whether a special municipal counter can provide support in the municipality of Westerwolde.