Medical examination in the asylum process The IND assesses whether someone who applies for asylum has the right to stay in the Netherlands. A medical examination is almost always part of this asylum process. But exactly which examinations are there, and …
The story of Leon ‘Because of my job I know a little bit about everything’ Leon is 19 years old and already has a permanent job at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). He works for the Public Information Centre (in Dutch: …
The story of Lotte ‘It leaves an impression when someone is happy just because you’re listening’ Doing an internship at the IND? Lotte thinks it is educative, challenging and gratifying. As a social legal services student, she was looking for a place …
The story of Thamara ‘Right is right and wrong is wrong: whatever the systems say must be correct’ Thamara is a real administrative jack-of-all-trades who has been getting around the IND for 25 years already. Now, she works as a quality assurance …