Outgoing Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor (CD&V), announced on Friday that the length of stay in asylum centres will be shortened and only granted to individuals in the midst of the asylum process.
Under the new ruling, refugees will now have to leave the centre within 30 days of receiving a negative final decision.
Previously, individuals who received a negative final decision on their asylum application were allowed to initiate other procedures, such as a request for regularisation, to extend their stay in the centres, where on average they remained for an additional 100 days.
Now, the Secretary of State noted, they will be required to leave the reception centres within a thirty-day period. For this purpose, an order to leave the territory will be notified to them much earlier than in the past.
As is currently the case, Fedasil will provide repatriation support to help prepare for a voluntary return to their home country.
This measure is expected to free up a thousand places at the reception centres.
