‘I want to be able to explain my decision so that people can understand it, even if I have to do it three times’ As a child, Salome fled from Georgia with her parents. She stayed in reception centres for six…
‘I assess whether we acted with due care’ Marjon works for the IND as a legal representative. In fact, she is a kind of lawyer employed by…
‘Everyone I meet here wants the best for society’ Working at operations, isn’t that boring? On the contrary, Marisa thinks. According to her,…
‘The data I check determines whether someone is allowed to come here. So I do my work carefully’ Angelique, member of the Chain Information and Verification staff, checks whether people who come…
‘Getting something done together; that gives me a warm feeling’ After working in the commercial IT sector for years, Bastiaan realised he wanted to do more than…
‘You can’t prove sexual orientation with documents’ Being allowed to be yourself: it is one of the most important human rights. Yet, this right is not…
'Mijn werk is altijd aan verandering onderhevig' Why did Jan-Jouke choose the IND? He rather likes a bit of a stir. A senior member of the interview…
‘Security is often in the smallest of details’ Talander has been working in the security sector for 20 years and is also a fireman in his spare…
‘I work on a world stage and am right in the middle of current developments’ Five years ago, Eric traded the dynamics of the music scene for the world of asylum. Was it a big…