The government will create 5,900 accommodation places dedicated to refugees and asylum seekers in various reception and emergency accommodation centres, according to the draft 2023 budget unveiled on Monday September 26, which provides for a 6% increase. of the "
immigration, asylum and integration
" envelope
.
The appropriations for this mission increase by 113 million euros compared to 2022 to reach 2.01 billion euros and must in particular allow the opening of 2,500 places in reception centers for asylum seekers, according to the budget documents. from Bercy.
This represents a strong acceleration compared to 2022, when 900 additional accommodation places were created.
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Significant resources are devoted to the opening of accommodation places for refugees, with + 1000 places in temporary accommodation centers (CPH)
", writes Bercy in this document.
"
In addition, 900 places will be created in the emergency accommodation system (HUDA) in Overseas France, 1,500 places in reception and situation examination centers (CAES) and 2,500 places in reception centers for asylum seeker awaiting a decision from Ofpra
, the body responsible for granting refugee status.
30,000 accommodation places created since 2017
These new openings will come after a year 2022 marked by the Ukrainian refugee crisis, of which more than 100,000 have been welcomed in France since March.
The government recalls in its 2023 draft budget that "
nearly 30,000 accommodation places have been created for asylum seekers and refugees
" since 2017 and Emmanuel Macron's first five-year term.
In addition, the draft finance law (PLF) “
consolidates the momentum initiated
” in the fight against illegal immigration, with “
the continuation of an ambitious plan to open up places in administrative detention centers (CRA)
where illegal immigrants are detained awaiting deportation.
The government will also devote ten million euros to "
the outsourcing of certain tasks in CRA, thus making it possible to free up positions currently occupied by police officers to redeploy them on sovereign missions
", according to the Bercy document.