{"id":7361,"date":"2022-09-23T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=7361"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:20:11","slug":"policy-crisis-not-an-asylum-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/7361\/policy-crisis-not-an-asylum-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPOLICY CRISIS, NOT AN ASYLUM CRISIS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As a response to the inhumane situation in asylum seeking centers in the Netherlands, concerned citizens and organizations are taking different kinds of actions to change the situation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A group of residents of the Dutch city Utrecht gathered and marched last week on Saturday through the city center to raise awareness and demand a humane treatment for all refugees. \u201cThe inhumane circumstances in Ter Apel, the main reception center in The Netherlands, required urgent action\u201d, said Irene Krijgsman, a volunteer at the NGO Migreat.<\/p>\n<p>Krijgsman joined the organization as a coordinator three weeks ago as the situation continued worsening \u201cI am deeply ashamed of the consequences of our policy making. We should be doing so much better as a country\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The past months, arrivals had to sleep outside the main registration center in Ter Apel. The tents that were offered by volunteers and donators were removed by the police in August. A baby died in an overcrowded emergency shelter. For the first time ever in The Netherlands, Doctors without Borders intervened. Although people aren\u2019t sleeping outside, the situation remains very chaotic now as Krijgsman knows from her colleagues. \u201cPeople still have to wait outside the whole day\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtrecht is a good example of how things can be\u201d, said Sandrine Vollebergt, another volunteer at Migreat. \u201cUtrecht is a progressive city when it comes to receiving refugees. We want to show our national government that a different approach is also possible.\u201d<\/p>\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2022\/09\/DSCF4123-scaled.jpg&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s city council meeting, a number of councillors suggested to look into the possibility of opening a new reception centre in Utrecht, especially for vulnerable refugees as LGBT Asylum Support demanded during the demonstration. \u201cWe see that Utrecht does a lot and we appreciate it\u201d, said councillor Melody Deldjou Fard. \u201cBut the situation in Ter Apel is degrading, and other municipalities aren\u2019t taking action about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also asked the municipality to improve the living situation for the already existing reception centers, for example allowing the residents to cook for themselves in the centers where they receive meals. \u201cFor people who left everything they love behind, it\u2019s the least comfort they can have, the chance to cook their own food\u201d, said Deldjou Fard.<\/p>\n<p>The councils weren\u2019t happy with the proposal of junior justice minister Eric van der Brug to limit family reunification until the asylum seekers, even the ones who are granted a residence permit, has a home first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese inhumane conditions aren\u2019t temporary, they have become structural.\u201d That\u2019s what the Dutch Council for Refugees wrote last week after the court session where they sued the government and the COA. 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