The Netherlands: Update to Response to Information Request NLD15767.E of 29 November 1993 on the loss of permanent residence status and on whether a person who was granted Convention refugee status, temporary protection status or asylum on humanitarian grounds in the Netherlands could be deprived of such status if he/she had obtained the permission to reside in another country, on whether this person could re-acquire his/her lost status and on whether the re-acquisition of status would be automatic
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NLD22055.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, The Netherlands: Update to Response to Information Request NLD15767.E of 29 November 1993 on the loss of permanent residence status and on whether a person who was granted Convention refugee status, temporary protection status or asylum on humanitarian grounds in the Netherlands could be deprived of such status if he/she had obtained the permission to reside in another country, on whether this person could re-acquire his/her lost status and on whether the re-acquisition of status would be automatic, 1 November 1995, NLD22055.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7d8c.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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According to an official at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa, persons who are granted Convention refugee status in the Netherlands, or who are granted refugee status on humanitarian grounds, receive permanent residence status automatically (2 Nov. 1995). The official indicated that, in general, permanent residence status could be revoked if there was flagrant abuse of the conditions of the status. For example, permanent residence status would be revoked if the Dutch authorities were informed that the bearer returned for a visit to his/her home country after being granted Convention refugee status or asylum on humanitarian grounds. Persons who are granted temporary protection status could be returned upon improvement of the human rights situation in their country of origin (ibid.).
For information on whether a person granted Convention refugee status, temporary protection status or asylum on humanitarian grounds in the Netherlands could be deprived of such status if permitted to reside in another country, on whether this person could re-acquire his/her lost status, and on whether the status could be re-acquired automatically, please consult the attached document.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ottawa. 2 November 1995. Telephone interview with official.
Attachment
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, International Service Group, Ottawa. 30 october 1995. Letter sent to the DIRB including telex from the Canadian mission in The Hague.
