Asylum Seekers Must Contribute to Housing if They Receive Compensation: Dutch Court

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Asylum seekers who have accumulated assets from penalty payments paid to them by the Minister of Asylum and Migration may be required to contribute to their own reception. This has been ruled by the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State (RvS). If the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) fails to decide on an asylum application within the statutory period, the Minister is obligated to pay a penalty (waiting allowanc…

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Reception: Asylum seekers who receive a penalty because the IND decides too late on their application may be required to do so, according to the Council of State.

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Asylum seekers who received large sums of money because the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Immigration and Naturalization Service) was late in deciding on their applications must relinquish part of that money to their own accommodation. The Council of State (RvS) ruled this on Wednesday. The highest administrative court is thus following the existing working method of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA).

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Asylum seekers who received funding because the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) is taking too long to decide on their asylum applications must forfeit funds above a certain threshold to help pay for their reception. The Council of State (RvS) made this decision on Wednesday, in line with the working methods of the reception agency COA (Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers).