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Belgium and the Netherlands: Charter flights to deport asylumseekers

01 January 1999

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Following the death in Belgium of S?mira Adamu (Nigeria), the Vermeersch Committee has recommended changes to deportation procedures. The principal recommendation is to isolate asylum seekers who "repeatedly use violence in order to prevent deportation". These asylum seekers should be put on charter flights rather than on regular scheduled flights. Luc Van Den Bossche, Belgian Home Secretary, announced that from the end of February small business planes would be used to deport asylum seekers and that the Netherlands and Germany had also shown interest and that the first flight was scheduled for the end of February.

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