Resettlement in the Netherlands as an invited refugee

Resettlement

Every year the Netherlands invites about five hundred refugees to settle in our country. Most of these refugees come from refugee camps. COA makes the preparations for their arrival in the Netherlands. COA also maintains contacts with the municipalities that will house them.

Refugees

Many refugees flee to a refugee camp or a city in the region where they come from, usually in a neighbouring country. Eritrean refugees, for example, flee to a Kenyan refugee camp and Iraqi refugees to Beirut, in Lebanon. After a while some refugees can return to their country of birth or become integrated in their new country, although this is far from always the case.

Resettlement programme

The UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, has implemented a programme for refugees who cannot return to their homes and are not safe in the region where they fled. This programme offers the refugees an opportunity to settle in another country. The Netherlands is affiliated with this resettlement programme. Our government has agreed to resettle a total of two thousand refugees between 2012 and 2015.

Selection missions

Selection missions assess whether refugees come into consideration for resettlement in the Netherlands. Four of these missions are organised each year. Representatives from COA, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs take part in these missions. The destinations are chosen in consultation with the UNHCR and the countries supporting the programme. The UNHCR proposes the refugees for resettlement, and the Immigration and Naturalisation Service makes the selection on the basis of the Dutch asylum policy.
The selection mission’s COA staff hold social interviews with the refugees. They assess whether the refugees will be able to integrate in the Netherlands and whether their expectations are realistic.

Before arrival in the Netherlands: exploratory cultural course

Before the selected refugees come to the Netherlands COA offers them three exploratory cultural courses of six half-days. These prepare the refugees for their arrival in the Netherlands and their settlement in a Dutch municipality. They also learn the basics of the Dutch language.

After arrival in the Netherlands

About six months after the selection mission the refugees selected for resettlement in the Netherlands come to our country. COA counsels them for the first 48 hours. They then move to their new home.

Individual invitations

In addition to these selection missions, the Netherlands sometimes invites individual refugees to resettle in the country. Refugees can, for example, be invited because they need urgent medical treatment.
 Hier gevonden: https://www.coa.nl/en/asylum-seekers/resettlement



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