Immigration Detention

Netherlands

Country Report: Immigration Detention Last updated: 30/07/26

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Dutch Council for Refugees Visit Website

The Chapter: Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands sections on:

A. General

B. Legal framework of detention

  1. Grounds for detention
  2. Alternatives to detention
  3. Detention of vulnerable applicants
  4. Duration of detention

C. Detention conditions

  1. Place of detention
  2. Conditions in detention facilities
  3. Access to detention centres

D. Procedural safeguards

  1. Judicial review of the detention order
  2. Legal assistance for review of detention

E. Differential treatment of specific nationalities in detention

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Immigration Detention
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation
  • ANNEX II – EU Pact on Migration and Asylum