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Hospitality, to an Extent. Refugees in the Netherlands
27 October 2022
At the beginning of the First World War, one million Belgians fled to the Netherlands. About one hundred thousand remained there throughout the war, most of them in large camps. The Netherlands showed itself to be hospitable, but there was much to be said about the conditions in the refugee camps. W
Seventy Years On, Do We Still Believe In the UN Refugee Convention?
12 July 2021
After lengthy negotiations, an agreement on the UN Refugee Convention was finally reached in Geneva on 28 July 1951. Belgium and the Netherlands were among the twelve countries to sign the convention at the time. Meanwhile, 146 have done so. Throughout the intervening years, the convention has conti