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[gerbie]

"Asylum policy and practice in the Netherlands and an aggressive program for the return of failed asylum seekers raised considerable alarm in 2003-2004. Concerns include the use of an accelerated (forty-eight hour) asylum determination procedure (AC procedure); the inappropriate treatment of migrant and asylum-seeking children; restrictions on asylum seekers’ rights to basic material support, such as food and housing; and proposals for returning large numbers of failed asylum seekers, some in violation of international standards. The AC procedure is regularly used to process and reject some 60 percent of asylum applications. The brevity of the procedure affords applicants little opportunity to adequately document their need for protection or to receive meaningful legal advice, and the right to appeal is severely curtailed. To date, there has been no measurable change in the AC procedure to ensure that asylum seekers receive a full and fair hearing."

Just a quote from the Human Rights Watch website:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/01/13/eu9851.htm

The complete site: http://hrw.org/


And there are still so many people in my country who think that we are hospitable, tolerant and foreigners friendly. Still more than 3 years until the next election...

Comments

[yarahu.livejournal.com]

If things continue the way they are going now, the next election will only make it worse.

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, a left wing majority is not out of reach, which would be unique. I doubt if extreme right will manage a reasonable alternative before the election.