Ordinance on the Allocation within the Canton of Asylum Seekers, Provisionally Admitted Persons and Persons in Need of Protection without a Residence Permit

1. Asylum seekers, provisionally admitted persons, and individuals in need of protection without a residence permit are distributed across the districts in proportion to the respective civil population.

1. For the establishment of collective accommodations with at least 50 places for initial reception, the canton is divided into four regions.

2. The four regions are: the south with the districts of Gruyères, Veveyse, and Glâne; the center with the city of Fribourg and the district of Saane-Land; the west with the Broye district and the French-speaking Lake district; the north with the German-speaking Lake district and the Sense district.

3. Each region includes, among other reception facilities, at least one collective accommodation for initial reception with at least 50 places.

4. For the calculation of distribution by district (see Art. 1), the location of a collective accommodation for initial reception is decisive.

1. The municipal councils of the municipalities in which a collective accommodation for initial reception is planned shall be informed

a) in advance, if it is a collective accommodation with more than 15 places;

b) at the time of concluding a contract, if it is a collective accommodation with fewer than 15 places.

1. The Cantonal Social Welfare Office and the Fribourg Red Cross have a period of 5 years to implement the principle set out in Article 1.

1. The Resolution of April 13, 1999, on the Distribution of Asylum Seekers and Provisionally Admitted Persons in the Canton (SGF 114.23.12) is repealed.

1. This regulation comes into effect on May 1, 2002.