The applicant arrived to Brussels on 18 November 2021 and tried to apply for asylum in the arrival centre on 18, 19 and 22 November 2021. On 19 November 2021, he sent an e-mail to the Immigration Office to express his wish to apply for asylum, which was followed by another e-mail on 22 November 2021 requesting the Immigration Office to confirm that the applicant had not been given a security number (numéro de sûreté) in the past, as a proof that he was a first time applicant. The Immigration Office confirmed in an e-mail this fact that there was no corresponding security number in their database, but did not react on the application for asylum.

Then, the applicant sent an e-mail to Fedasil on 22 November 2021 to request material reception. He had not received a reply to this message. The applicant had been sleeping rough since his arrival to Belgium.

The tribunal noted that the fact that the Immigration Office confirmed the lack of security number is not a proof of the fact that the application was registered. Hence, the status of asylum applicant could not be established and as such, neither the entitlement to material reception condition. As the applicant only requested the establishment of reception rights and not to order the Immigration Office to register the application, the tribunal dismissed the request.