Fedasil operates under the supervision of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy, Migration and Social Integration, Nicole de Moor.
In accordance with the Reception Act of 12 January 2007, the agency provides material assistance: accommodation, food, clothing, medical, social and psychological counselling and access to legal support and certain services (interpreters, training).
[1] The organisation describes its vision[2] as follows: "Fedasil guarantees equal services, irrespective of implementation modalities, and integrated counselling attuned to the specific characteristics of the various target groups.
The most important success factors for this are: involvement in the preliminary phases and aftercare, a responsible organisation that puts result-oriented and efficient management at all levels first and foremost, combined with the necessary transparency and regular follow-up.
Fedasil intends to make an important contribution to the definition, correct image, social acceptance and implementation of a just migration policy.
In 1986, Belgium saw a steep rise in the number of asylum requests, owing in part to conflicts in Eastern Europe, Iraq and Iran, Ethiopia and Eritrea, which were displacing great waves of refugees.
Over the years, Fedasil has needed to expand or reduce its reception capacity depending on the number of asylum seekers on Belgian soil.
The allocation will consider the number of places available and the asylum seeker's particular situation (family composition, knowledge of local languages, the age of their children, state of health).
Fedasil works actively with a number of European exchange platforms seeking to address the reception of asylum seekers, voluntary return and re-integration into their countries of origin.
[5] On the Move: Poems and Songs of Migration is a book of poetry written by people living at the Fedasil Petit-Chateau Arrival Centre, with Marieke Slovin Lewis and S.R.