What is an alternative accommodation to asylum reception centres?
The alternative accommodation scheme was introduced for those who need an alternative to staying in a reception centre. Under the scheme, a municipality takes on the responsibility for offering the individual living accommodation and follow-up.
You may apply for alternative accommodation if you meet the requirements for the scheme and need modifications that an ordinary reception centre cannot provide.
It also depends on whether or not a municipality will take on the responsibility to offer you such a place to live and to provide follow up. Municipalities participate on a voluntary basis.
It takes less time to receive an answer to an application for collective protection than it does for an application for AMOT. Therefore, it is generally not possible to stay in AMOT while you are waiting for an answer to your application for protection.
You cannot receive AMOT accommodation after your application for collective protection has been approved. In these cases, you are to be offered a place to live in a municipality.
If your application is assessed individually (individual protection), you might be able to apply for AMOT, but you must meet the requirements.
The alternative accommodation scheme: who is eligible and how to apply.