Japanese migration to The Netherlands: Minister Koenders' shot at the Swiss Treaty deflects in own goal
Minister Koenders' shot at the Swiss Treaty deflects in own goal Published on July 3, 2016 Julien Luscuere Attorney at law, Dutch and European immigration and employment prof. Joseph Fleuren: "Explanation of new interpretation is untruthful and misleading" This week Mr Joseph Fleuren , associate professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Nijmegen and an authority on self-executing treaty provisions, has published a memorandum about the recent administrative developments around the Dutch-Swiss Friendship treaty , that also concerns the position of Japanese citizens. In a well elaborated review of the correspondence of the Dutch and Swiss government, Mr Fleuren firstly remarks that the recent "interpretation" of provision 1 of the Swiss Treaty clearly deviates from the text of the provision itself. Referring to the additional protocol of 1877 that later was agreed by the parties, the professor points out that there can be no dou...