Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao): Whether Curaçao has a refugee programme or refugee determination system
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 6 October 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ANT41979.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao): Whether Curaçao has a refugee programme or refugee determination system, 6 October 2003, ANT41979.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/403dd1e14.html [accessed 16 October 2022] |
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According to information provided by a consular officer from the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC, during a 2 October 2003 telephone interview, the Netherlands Antilles do not have a separate or autonomous refugee determination system or refugee programme: refugee and asylum matters are handled by the central government of the Netherlands.
Information on the asylum system of the Netherlands can be found in NLD32558.E of 10 August 1999 and earlier Responses. However, the most current and detailed information on asylum in the Netherlands, which includes procedures to be followed by applicants and authorities, can be found on the Website of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) of the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands at
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Embassy of the Netherlands, Washington, DC. 2 October 2003. Telephone interview with consular official.
