This Moroccan Man Hides His Papers in Turkey to Avoid Deportation, but Loses His Asylum in the Netherlands

The court of The Hague, sitting in Groningen, handed down its decision on Monday, September 7. The Moroccan man applied for asylum in the Netherlands on September 23, 2025. His application was rejected as manifestly unfounded on March 5, 2026, and accompanied by a two-year entry ban, according to the decision published on Rechtspraak.nl.

His journey through Europe weighed heavily in the examination of his case. After leaving Morocco in 2021 or 2022, he said he had spent three months in Turkey before successively crossing Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Ireland, France, Belgium and Germany.

He applied for asylum in Bulgaria as early as March 2022, then in Austria and Ireland. A new application was registered in Germany in October 2024. In March 2025, the German authorities transferred him to Ireland.

On Bladi.net : The courts rule in his favor in the Netherlands, then order him to return to Morocco anyway

In the Netherlands, the administration considered his Moroccan nationality and origin credible, but not his identity. The reasons included several different identities used in Germany and, above all, the absence of Moroccan documents.

The applicant himself explained that he had deliberately left his Moroccan passport and identity card in Turkey. He also stated that he did not want to have them sent to the Netherlands because he did not want to be deported.

Documents left in Turkey to avoid deportation

Before the court, the Moroccan man claimed to have tried to contact the people with whom his documents had remained. However, he provided no evidence to support these efforts.

In the judge’s view, the administration could therefore reproach him for not having genuinely sought to establish his identity. Between leaving Turkey and arriving in the Netherlands, he could also have requested new documents from the Moroccan authorities.

His conduct during the various European procedures also worked against him. In particular, he disappeared for a period in the Netherlands and failed to appear at two summonses as part of the Dublin procedure.

The man also claimed to fear a drug-trafficking gang in Morocco. The administration noted several inconsistencies in his account, particularly concerning the chronology of a theft that allegedly caused his problems with the group.

The court considers that these contradictions could legitimately have led the authorities not to believe his account.

Another Moroccan man had recently obtained the annulment of the rejection of his asylum application in the Netherlands while still being required to return to Morocco. In this new case, the justice system reaches a fairly similar conclusion.

The judge does in fact rule in the applicant’s favor on a legal point: the decision of March 5 was not sufficiently reasoned in the way the administration had assessed the overall credibility of the grounds for his asylum application. The court therefore formally annuls that decision.

But this victory has no practical effect. The judge decides to maintain the legal consequences of the annulled decision, considering that the administration nevertheless provided sufficient evidence to justify rejecting the asylum application.

On Bladi.net : He Refuses to Return to Morocco, Court Refuses to Release Him from Detention

The asylum refusal therefore remains in force, as do the consequences of the initial decision, including the two-year entry ban. The Moroccan man nevertheless obtains reimbursement of his legal costs: the Dutch state must pay him 1,868 euros.