period and comes with the right to family reunification with immediate family members, subject to demonstrating ability to support them.481 If granted subsidiary protection, the residence permit is for one year and is renewable if the circumstances necessitating international protection continue. After the first year, the residence permit will be for two years. After five years of subsidiary protection, the person will normally be granted permanent residence.482 Following a September 2013 decision of the Constitutional Court, a person who is granted subsidiary protection is eligible for family reunion on the same conditions as a person recognized as a refugee.483 Persons granted some form of protection in Belgium may stay at a reception center for 2 months after a positive decision and can request further assistance from social services.484 In case of a negative decision, an appeal of the CGRA decision can be lodged with the CCE. Appeals with the CCE should be filed within 30 days of a CGRA decision.485 The CCE may confirm the CGRA’s decision, overturn the decision, or, if the applicant has not presented sufficient elements to decide on the case, the CCE may refer the case back to the CGRA to re-examine the asylum application and make a new decision.486 Decisions of the CGRA that deny refugee status, but grant subsidiary protection, can be appealed to the CCE. An appeal of such a decision suspends subsidiary protection,487 and the CCE takes its own decision, which may, in the end, result in refusal to grant subsidiary protection or refugee status.488 A timely submitted appeal suspends the effects of a negative decision on an asylum application, and no removal action can be taken.489 In some cases, further appeal to The Refugee Forum, International Asylum Systems: Belgium (University of Ottawa, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, 2010), 1, http://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/projects/refugee-forum/ projects/systems/documents/BelgianAsylumSystem.pdf (last visited on August 26, 2014). 482 Ibid., 2. 483 Belgian Refugee Council (CBAR-BCHV), Family Reunification of Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection in Belgium, Addendum to the Brochure “Family Reunification of Refugees Recognized in Belgium,” June 2014, 1, http://www.cbar-bchv.be/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=cOxyKWsQG1E%3d&tabid=211& mid=791&language=en-US. 484 Fedasil, “Reception of Asylum Seekers,” accessed November 18, 2014, http://fedasil.be/en/ content/reception-asylum-seekers. 485 Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Asylum Procedure Appeal against the Decision,” accessed November 18, 2014, http://www.cgra.be/en/Procedure_d_ asile_en_pratique/Recours_contre_la_decision/. 486 Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Asylum Procedure - Final Decision,” accessed November 18, 2014, http://www.cgra.be/en/Procedure_d_asile_en_pratique/ Decision_finale/. 487 Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Asylum Procedure Appeal against the Decision.” 488 Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Asylum Procedure - Final Decision.” 489 Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, “Asylum Procedure - Appeal against the Decision;” Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, “Asylum,” accessed November 18, 2014, http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/policy_areas/ striving_for_global_solidarity/asylum_and_migration/asylum/. 481 100 Handbook on Protection of Palestinian Refugees