This paper reports on the final stages of the MaTIAS project. A functional prototype of the multilingual notification tool was deployed across seven Belgian reception centres, accompanied by training and technical support. Feedback was gathered through interviews and surveys. Two rounds of machine translation evaluation revealed considerable differences in quality across languages. The translation quality of Tigrinya in particular was deemed too low to be usable.

We present key interim findings from the ongoing MaTIAS project, which focuses on developing a multilingual notification system for asylum reception centres in Belgium. This system integrates machine translation (MT) to enable staff to provide practical information to residents in their native language, thus fostering more effective communication. Our discussion focuses on three key aspects: the development of the multilingual messaging platform, the types of messages the system is designed to handle, and the evaluation of potential MT systems for integration.