Mark Klaassen

"Since the beginning of the war, they have actually been in a very nice waiting room. But even if you are in a waiting room that is very comfortable, it remains a waiting room," says Mark Klaassen, a university lecturer in immigration law at Leiden University. #Oekraïne #Asiel #Vluchtelingen (translated)

"I doubt that is correct. The status holders in question applied for family reunification as early as the beginning of 2025, long before these new rules came into effect. My assessment is that you cannot revoke a right retroactively that existed in the Netherlands under the application of EU law." Mark Klaassen, a university lecturer in migration law at Leiden University, finds it "astonishing" that the court in The Hague now rules that the new rules do not conflict with higher rules or general legal principles. #gezinshereniging #migratierecht #asielbeleid (translated)