Getting a Grip on Migration but Mind European Law! - On the Recent Dutch Proposals in the Fields of Asylum and Migration

Abstract

On September 13, the new Dutch government led by Dick Schoof outlined its programme for the next years. Unsurprisingly, a major point of this programme regards asylum and migration, for which the greatest ambition is to install the strictest regime ever and to include the Netherlands within the category of Member States of the European Union with the strictest admission rules. This post reviews these proposals through the lens of European Law to challenge their legal feasibility and flag the potential incompatibility with Dutch obligations stemming from EU and international law.

Keywords

• Asylum Proceedings
• CEAS
• Migration
• Offshore processing
• Right to Asylum
• Migration