Migration chain: Departure — DT & V Identity determination and (replacement) travel documents — travel documents LP and T & O

See the “State of Migration” or “Reportage Aliens Chain” (until 2020) for a substantive explanation of the data in this dataset. See Chapter “Methodology” for a number of aspects to be taken into account when interpreting the data. The “State of Migration” and “Reportage Aliens Chain” can be downloaded from the site www.Rijksoverheid.nl Below you will find an updated explanation of the data in the files. In order to return, it is necessary for foreigners to have access to the country of origin. This can be done on the basis of a valid passport or a replacement travel document, usually a laissez-passer issued by the country of origin. Aliens who no longer have the correct documents can, possibly with the support of the DT&V, request (replacement) travel documents from their diplomatic representation for independent departure. However, part of the aliens without lawful residence does not leave the Netherlands independently and is not willing to cooperate in establishing identity and nationality. For those aliens, the DT&V asks the presumed country of origin to establish the nationality and to provide a (replaced) travel document for return. This is the so-called “laissez-passer process”. A return or readmission application is submitted to countries with which a readmission and readmission agreement (T&O) has been concluded. This is called the T&O process. A request to establish nationality has three possible outcomes: 1) The authorities of the country concerned establish that the person concerned holds the nationality of that country or otherwise has the right of residence in the country; 2) The authorities of the country concerned establish that the person concerned does not have the nationality of the country or that he cannot be confirmed; 3) The DT & V decides to withdraw the application. Ad 1. As a rule, a nationality established by the country of origin means that the country of origin also declares itself prepared to issue a replacement travel document (laissez-passer). The DT&V asks the country of origin to provide a laissez-passer only on a scheduled flight. Among other things, subsequent residency procedures and interim exclusion from the supervision of the Government of the Netherlands mean that not all established nationalities result in the actual issuance of a laissez-passer and departure from the Netherlands. Ad 2. This means that the person concerned is not a national or that the nationality cannot be established on the basis of the information provided. Such an answer may give direction to the follow-up process. The reaction that the person concerned does not have the nationality of the country cannot, in principle, be criticised for that country. Often these are cases in which foreigners themselves have not provided sufficient information to be able to establish their identity and/or actually come from another country. Ad 3. The DT&V can withdraw a request for a variety of reasons, for example because there is no response from the country of origin for quite some time. In addition, it occurs that aliens evade the supervision of the national government or are still granted a residence permit. When interpreting the data, there are a number of aspects that need to be taken into account. — The individual tables do not constitute a cohort. — All numbers are rounded to dozens. For privacy reasons, numbers smaller than 5 are not displayed. — Because the numbers are rounded to dozens, deviations may arise when adding details from, for example, the annual total. In case of detailed rules with nationalities, the deviation can be significant. For this reason, the totals are also included in the file. — Each line in the file contains at least one column “Total of” and a number. The column “Total of” shows the contents of the number. For example, the line with “Year” in the “Total of” column indicates the annual total. The lines with “Year, Month” in the “Total of” column indicate the total number for each year and month. — Always use only one “total of” per item to avoid double counting. — The numbers mentioned in the “Reportage Aliens Chain” serve as a frame of reference. The stocks are published annually over the previous year. Files from previous years remain available and are no longer updated.