The executive has been working for some time on the reorganization of federal public services. The SPF Migration will become a new SPF. It will bring together the different migration services under the same authority. Currently, the Foreigners’ Office reports entirely to the FPS Interior, as do the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons and the Council for Foreigners’ Litigation. Fedasil, for its part, is a separate body and determining the age of foreign nationals declaring themselves minors is the responsibility of the FPS Justice.
This fragmentation “is costing us today time and energy that we cannot afford given the strong migratory pressure,” believes Ms. Van Bossuyt. “By better coordinating all actions and creating a clear chain, we transform a fragmented landscape into a coherent whole. »
According to the project validated on Friday, the new FPS will have four general directorates: “Protection”, with the General Commission for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Access and Stay”, “Reception” and “Return”. The Foreigners’ Litigation Council will be attached to the administration as an independent jurisdiction. In addition, two units will be set up to support all departments: one for vulnerable people, such as unaccompanied minors, and the other for security matters linked, for example, to radicalization or human trafficking.
According to the minister, the asylum procedure will be faster thanks to the efficiency gains made with the new FPS. “It’s more human, it helps reduce reception costs and ensure a greater number of returns,” she declared.
According to the Minister of Public Action and Modernization Vanessa Matz, the FPS Migration will serve as a pilot project for a future centralization of support services within administrations. This means that not all FPS will necessarily need to have their own services, for example for IT, infrastructure management or purchasing. Ms. Matz also indicates that she will soon present to the government the grouping of the ten federal scientific institutions and the reorientation of the Chancellery.
