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The Netherlands Will Be Sued for Human Trafficking

Two attorneys will report against the Dutch state for human trafficking. Their suit will go ahead when the Netherlands executes a European agreement on the reallocation of refugees, according to the attorneys,...

by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Image: Lodewijk Borsboom - Flickr/CC content

Two attorneys will report against the Dutch state for human trafficking. Their suit will go ahead when the Netherlands executes a European agreement on the reallocation of refugees, according to the attorneys, Françoise Landerloo and Wouter Smeets. "These people don't own a residence status," Smeets says. If the Netherlands goes along with the reallocation scheme, the state may well do exactly the same things human traffickers are being prosecuted for, the attorneys claim. It's about a pilot case. "We'd like to know if the Dutch policy on this is in accordance with criminal law," says Smeets.

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