A Moroccan man obtains the annulment of the Dutch justice system’s refusal of his asylum application. Yet the victory has no impact on his future: the court upholds his obligation to leave the Netherlands, as well as a two-year entry ban.
His father died in Morocco and his mother returned to live in the Kingdom. Left in the Netherlands, a minor of Moroccan nationality found himself without parental supervision and without a fixed address. Dutch justice had to intervene to appoint a guardian for him.
Xavi has not yet assembled his staff in the Netherlands, but the presence of players of Moroccan origin among the Oranje is already part of the debate. It is notably being invoked to support Patrick Kluivert’s candidacy as assistant.
A woman was supposed to transfer property located in Morocco to her ex-husband before April 2020. Six years later, nothing has been resolved. The Dutch courts have just changed their approach in an attempt to unblock a situation constrained by Moroccan rules.
A recipient of «bijstand» can continue receiving social assistance while an investigation is being conducted in Morocco. But these payments do not mean that their case has been settled: the municipality may later reclaim all or part of the money.
A tax declaration completed nearly two years after the events weighed heavily in the case of a woman seeking assistance in the Netherlands. She had herself stated that she had been living in Morocco since 2 August 2021.
Years after the searches were launched, three men closely linked to Morocco still rank among the Netherlands’ most wanted criminals. Two are suspected of having run a large-scale cocaine trafficking operation, while the third is wanted in several murder cases.
The Netherlands had withdrawn Dutch nationality from two Moroccans born in the country, before ordering their departure to Morocco and barring them from the Schengen Area for twenty years. On June 3, the courts dealt the authorities a double setback.
The lawyer of a Moroccan in the Netherlands used ChatGPT to prepare his appeal before the courts. The problem: a large part of the case-law references produced by the tool were incorrect. The Hague court was not impressed.
A mother wanted to spend more than a month in Morocco with her child, but did not have the father’s consent. Asked to intervene before the departure, the Dutch courts ultimately authorized the trip and themselves replaced the missing consent.
Recipients of Dutch social assistance must report their bank accounts held in Morocco. But the service that coordinates checks abroad acknowledges a clear limitation: it cannot obtain or transmit information about their balances.
As of August 24, court decisions obtained abroad will have to meet new conditions to be enforced in Morocco. The reform directly concerns Moroccans residing in Europe .