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FRONTEX-NETHERLANDS: the Dutch position on the handling of asylum requests and the debarkation of migrants intercepted/rescued in FRONTEX Operations

01 September 2010

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FRONTEX-NETHERLANDS: the Dutch position on the handling of asylum requests and the debarkation of migrants intercepted/rescued in FRONTEX Operations. This is clarified in a letter sent by the Dutch Minister of Justice to the Senate’s Chairman: Frontex-Netherlands: Full-text (translation by Matteo Tondini, pdf). The Dutch position can be summarized as follows: 1. Dutch vessels are not a part of Dutch territory; 2. Asylum requests of migrants made on board Dutch vessels must be assessed by a competent authority (not by them, however, but possibly by the host nation); 3. The Netherlands considers this as a conditio sine qua non for its participation in FRONTEX operations at sea. See also: Migrants at sea (link)

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