legal and social conditions for asylum seekers and refugees in ...

have relatives or friends in the Netherlands to support them, they rely exclusively on charitable
organisations, churches, homeless care, etc.
Neither are asylum seekers who make a repeated application for asylum entitled to
accommodation, unless they still have such a right on the basis of their previous asylum request.
Asylum seekers who find themselves in very distressing circumstances – mostly for medical
reasons – can nevertheless be granted accommodation. Accommodation will also be granted to
families with a child under the age of one year.
Financial assistance: no financial assistance is available.
Health/sickness: a general medical check up at the reception centre will only be given upon
request of the asylum seeker. When accommodation is refused due to the Dublin procedure or
the repeated asylum claim, no health insurance is granted.
Freedom of residence/movement: asylum seekers under the Dublin procedure must report to the
aliens police station in the reception centre each month. Those refused accommodation because
of a repeated asylum request must report to the aliens police station in the reception centre every
fortnight.
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