Asylum and Migration
Approximately 70 Individuals Issued 20-Year Entry Bans for National Security Threats
The Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has issued twenty-year entry bans to approximately seventy individuals over the past decade, labeling them as threats to national security. Many of these individuals, including former ISIS affiliates and convicted terrorists such as members of the Arnhem terror cell, remain in the Netherlands despite the bans, with experts suggesting few have actually left the country. While some received prison sentences, others were banned before conviction or received minimal penalties, prompting criticism from lawyers who argue the IND applies bans automatically without individual assessment. The IND maintains that each case undergoes individual evaluation, though recent court rulings have overturned some bans due to insufficient motivation or discrimination concerns.
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