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Asylum applicants are eligible to be settled at TAC only if their application enters the preliminary examination stage upon receiving MSID, or when recognised as a refugee or a person in need of complementary protection. The SMS is not obliged to accommodate persons to TAC and may refuse to do so. The Centre may refuse to accommodate an asylum applicant under the following grounds:
- in the absence of free places;
- in the absence of MSID or if the MSID of the application for protection in Ukraine has expired;
- in the absence of a copy of the certificate with information about the person who has undergone a medical examination;
- in case of detection of infectious diseases and diseases incompatible with cohabitation;
- in case of complications of the sanitary and epidemiological situation at the point.
R2P had also witnessed a case where an asylum applicant with two wives was refused accommodation because of his plural marriage.[1]
There are no requirements to reimburse the accommodation or declare the financial resources prescribed by legislation. Considering this, the detailed information about reception conditions is described below under Forms and levels of material reception conditions, as well as Reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions, and Housing.
The stay in the TAC is not limited by the legislation. Asylum applicants as well as beneficiaries of international protection with valid documents can prolong their stay in TAC every six months.[2]
[1] Practice-based observation by R2P, dated December 2023.
[2] Part III(17) Regulations on Temporary Accommodation Centres for Refugees.