Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC
5 years, 7 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower from the IND reported problems within the organisation, and an independent report last month said that the withdrawal of permits has not been ‘organised adequately’. Junior justice minister Mark Harbers resigned last month after police figures were published that apparently ‘hid’ the number of asylum seekers suspected of committing serious crimes in the Netherlands.

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Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands
1 week, 1 day ago

Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The number of asylum requests made in the Netherlands fell sharply to almost 45,600 last year, Trouw reported on Tuesday. In 2023, 50,660 people requested asylum in the Netherlands, and in 2022, at the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic which shut down international travel, there were 48,600 requests. Family members applying to join people already granted refugee status in …

Netherlands can deport Russians seeking asylum over forced military mobilization
2 years ago

Netherlands can deport Russians seeking asylum over forced military mobilization

NL Times  

Russian citizens who have fled to the Netherlands for fear of being mobilized in their home country no longer have a self-evident right to stay in the Netherlands, State Secretary Eric van der Burg announced on Wednesday. The Cabinet member in charge of asylum policy said the Dutch immigration service can process asylum applications from Russian people and reject them. …

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record
2 years, 3 months ago

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record

Dutch News  

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to have their cases assessed by the immigration service IND, according to August figures from European statistics agency Eurostat. ‘The longer refugees have to wait for their procedure, the more places are needed in refugee centres,’ spokesman Martijn van der Linden told broadcaster NOS. ‘The fact that the backlog is reaching a new record …

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record
2 years, 3 months ago

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to be assessed, nearing 2015 record

Dutch News  

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers are waiting to have their cases assessed by the immigration service IND, according to August figures from European statistics agency Eurostat. ‘The longer refugees have to wait for their procedure, the more places are needed in refugee centres,’ spokesman Martijn van der Linden told broadcaster NOS. ‘The fact that the backlog is reaching a new record …

Dutch gov't must compensate Algerian asylum seekers for wrongful detention: Council of State
2 years, 8 months ago

Dutch gov't must compensate Algerian asylum seekers for wrongful detention: Council of State

NL Times  

State Secretary Eric van der Burg of Asylum must compensate at least three Algerian asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies because they were wrongfully detained pending their deportation to Algeria, the Council of State rule. The Algerian asylum seekers in question have exhausted all legal remedies in the Netherlands. The Council of State ruled that Van der Berg …

Not enough money, manpower to handle asylum applications: Inspectorate
2 years, 8 months ago

Not enough money, manpower to handle asylum applications: Inspectorate

NL Times  

The Netherlands' Immigration and Naturalization Service does not have enough money or staff to always assess asylum applications properly, the Justice and Security Inspectorate said in a report on Tuesday. Employees' workload is too high, and the assessment of asylum application falls short on multiple points, partly due to a shortage of experienced employees, the Inspectorate said, NU.nl reports. Due …

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer
4 years ago

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer

NL Times  

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service still has to process 7,000 overdue asylum applications that should have been processed last year. In her letter, Broekers-Knol writes that “due to the large number of overdue asylum cases that have been are being handled in a relatively short period of time and the circumstance in which this happens – parallel to the …

Dutch immigration office too strict during asylum procedures: Amnesty International
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch immigration office too strict during asylum procedures: Amnesty International

NL Times  

The Dutch immigration and naturalization service IND is too strict when it comes to asylum seekers proving their identity and nationality, according to Amnesty International. According to Amnesty International, the IND is too inclined to give asylum seekers the "disadvantage of the doubt" when it comes to the credibility of their identity and origin. "The deportation process will then happen, …

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped
4 years, 3 months ago

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service IND has set aside €65.4m to compensate asylum seekers whose cases take too long to process this year, website Nu.nl reported on Thursday. Last year the IND handed out €6.6m to refugees whose applications for asylum took too long to deal with. In April, the government set up a special task force and charged it with …

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped
4 years, 3 months ago

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service IND has set aside €65.4m to compensate asylum seekers whose cases take too long to process this year, website Nu.nl reported on Thursday. Last year the IND handed out €6.6m to refugees whose applications for asylum took too long to deal with. In April, the government set up a special task force and charged it with …

Incidents in asylum centers doubled in 5 years: report
4 years, 8 months ago

Incidents in asylum centers doubled in 5 years: report

NL Times  

The number of incidents in asylum seekers' centers in the Netherlands more than doubled over the past five years, from over 8 thousand to nearly 17 thousand last year, NRC reported based on documents from the Ministry of Justice and Security. According to NRC, the number of asylum seekers from "safe" countries, who have a low chance of being granted …

Sharp increase in asylum seekers suspected of crimes: report
4 years, 8 months ago

Sharp increase in asylum seekers suspected of crimes: report

NL Times  

The number of registered crimes in which an asylum seeker is a suspect increased by over a quarter last year, from nearly 4 thousand in 2018 to nearly 5 thousand cases in 2019, the Telegraaf reports based on an incident overview by the Ministry of Justice and Security that the newspaper has in its possession. The number of asylum seekers …

Over 2,500 kids disappeared from asylum centers in 10 years
5 years ago

Over 2,500 kids disappeared from asylum centers in 10 years

NL Times  

Over the past decade, more than 2,500 children disappeared from asylum centers in the Netherlands, NRC reports based on figures from the Central agency for the reception of asylum seekers COA and guardianship institution Nidos. "Part of them maybe traveled to relatives elsewhere in the Netherlands or Europe, but it is also possible that children were picked up by a …

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC
5 years, 7 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower …

Immigration office shortfalls meant rise in criminals admitted to NL: Report
5 years, 7 months ago

Immigration office shortfalls meant rise in criminals admitted to NL: Report

NL Times  

Due to capacity problems, the Dutch immigration and naturalization service is putting pressure on employees to not revoke the residency permits of asylum seekers convicted of crimes, NRC reported on Thursday. According to the newspaper, this is because the procedures involved in revoking residency permits cost the IND a lot of time and money. We find that we are too …

Justice Ministry hiding serious crimes committed by asylum seekers: report
5 years, 8 months ago

Justice Ministry hiding serious crimes committed by asylum seekers: report

NL Times  

The Ministry of Justice and Security hid the number of serious crimes committed by asylum seekers in the Netherlands by including crimes like sexual offenses, aggravated assaults, and murder and manslaughter or attempts thereto under the heading of "other" in figures released to parliament, the Telegraaf reports. Earlier this week State Secretary Mark Harbers released police figures on crimes committed …

Dutch asylum minister poised to resign over 'hidden' crime figures
5 years, 8 months ago

Dutch asylum minister poised to resign over 'hidden' crime figures

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Mark Harbers has indicated he expects to resign, following the publication of police figures which ‘hid’ the number of asylum seekers suspected of serious crimes. Harbers said that the ministry had been warned not to come up with a top 10 crimes for which asylum seekers were suspects because that meant serious crime would be hidden. Fake …

Dutch asylum minister poised to resign over 'hidden' crime figures
5 years, 8 months ago

Dutch asylum minister poised to resign over 'hidden' crime figures

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Mark Harbers has indicated he expects to resign, following the publication of police figures which ‘hid’ the number of asylum seekers suspected of serious crimes. Harbers said that the ministry had been warned not to come up with a top 10 crimes for which asylum seekers were suspects because that meant serious crime would be hidden. Fake …

Child migrants are being used as a bargaining chip: Dutch opposition
5 years, 11 months ago

Child migrants are being used as a bargaining chip: Dutch opposition

NL Times  

While the majority of the opposition parties in parliament is pleased with the expansion of the children's pardon, the government parties still faced strong criticism during a parliamentary debate on the matter on Wednesday. The coalition parties agreed to reassess the cases of around 700 child asylum seekers who were not given refugee status, but have become rooted in the …

Justice minister has allowed 59 refugees to stay so far, including Howick and Lili
6 years, 4 months ago

Justice minister has allowed 59 refugees to stay so far, including Howick and Lili

Dutch News  

In total, 59 asylum seekers have been given the right to stay in the Netherlands by junior justice minister Mark Harbers since he took office last October, RTL Nieuws said on Tuesday. Harbers’ predecessor Klaas Dijkhoff gave 240 rejected asylum seekers residency permits out of 780 cases submitted to him over a two year period. 400 children Some 400 other …

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