Asylum minister Marjolein Faber has announced plans for a controversial test to keep sharp supervision of forty nuisance asylum seekers. Those plans initially apply to Ter Apel, but after that it is probably Budel’s turn. These are asylum seekers who, according to Faber, have little chance of an asylum permit.
This group of asylum seekers is initially imposed a reporting obligation, the plan is. If they do not cooperate, they have to move to a location where they will be placed under stricter supervision. That is new in Ter Apel. Budel already has such a supervisory location.
Faber announced this intention on Thursday during a visit to the registration center in Ter Apel. In a letter to the Chamber, the minister writes that the intention is that the first phase of the trial is already going on on Friday 7 February.
Reporting obligation
Fabers Pilot starts with forty people. Then it is extended to eighty. Nuisance -giving asylum seekers from countries that are registered when safe are obliged to report twice a day. The idea behind that is that they cannot cause any inconvenience on and around the registration center.
If they do not cooperate, they are placed in a ‘stimulus environment’ where they are under stricter supervision. In Budel they already have these stricter supervisory locations (VTL). From there, asylum seekers cannot go to the rest of the site, but they can take to the streets.
Behavioral change
Someone also gets the proposal to cooperate in an intensive program to get behavioral change. According to a Faber spokesperson, participation is voluntary, but the asylum seeker does get the urgent advice to participate.
Faber is investigating whether it is legally possible to move the asylum seekers to an even more “freedom -restricting location”. She wants that in case the problems persist, the asylum seekers cause serious nuisance or are suspected of criminal offenses. It would then be an existing enforcement and supervisory location for nuisance asylum seekers, or a prison.
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