Migration chain: Departure - DT&V Identity verification and (replacement) travel documents - LP and T&O travel documents

See the 'State of Migration' or 'Rapportage Immigration Chain' (until 2020) for a substantive explanation of the data in this dataset. See chapter 'Methodology' for a number of aspects that should be taken into account when interpreting the data. The 'State of Migration' and 'Rapportage Immigration Chain' can be downloaded from the site www.Rijksoverheid.nl Below you will find an updated substantive explanation of the data in the files. In order to be able to return, foreign nationals must be given access to the country of origin. This can be done on the basis of a valid passport or a replacement travel document, usually a laissez-passer issued by the country of origin. Foreign nationals who no longer have the correct documents can, possibly with the support of the DT&V, apply for (replacement) travel documents at their diplomatic representation for independent departure. However, some of the foreign nationals without lawful residence do not leave the Netherlands independently and are not prepared to cooperate in establishing identity and nationality. For these foreign nationals, the DT&V asks the presumed country of origin to determine the nationality and to provide a (replacement) travel document for return. This is the so-called laissez-passer process. A return or readmission request is submitted to countries with which a return and readmission agreement (T&O) has been concluded. This is called the T&O process. A request to determine the nationality has three possible outcomes: 1) The authorities of the country in question establish that the person concerned possesses the nationality of that country or otherwise has a right of residence in the country; 2) The authorities of the country in question determine that the person concerned does not have the nationality of the country or that this cannot be confirmed; 3) The DT&V decides to withdraw the request. Ad 1. As a rule, a nationality determined by the country of origin means that the country of origin also agrees to issue a replacement travel document (laissez-passer). The DT&V asks the country of origin to actually provide a laissez-passer only for a scheduled flight. Among other things, subsequent residence law procedures and interim evasion from central government supervision mean that not all established nationalities result in the actual issue of a laissez-passer and departure from the Netherlands. Re 2. This means that the person concerned is not a national or that the nationality cannot be determined on the basis of the information provided. Such an answer can give direction to the follow-up process. The response that the person concerned does not have the nationality of the country cannot, in principle, be blamed on that country. These often concern cases in which foreign nationals themselves have not provided sufficient information to be able to establish their identity and/or actually come from another country. Ad 3. The DT&V can withdraw a request for various reasons, for example because there has been no response from the country of origin for some time. In addition, foreign nationals sometimes evade supervision by the central government or are still granted a residence permit. There are a number of aspects that need to be taken into account when interpreting the data. - The individual tables do not form a cohort. - All numbers are rounded to tens. For privacy reasons, numbers less than 5 are not shown. - Because the numbers are rounded to the nearest tens, deviations may occur when adding detailed numbers compared to, for example, the annual total. For detailed rules with nationalities, the deviation can be significant. For this reason, the totals are also included in the file. - Each line in the file contains at least a column 'Total of' and a number. The 'Total of' column shows the contents of the number. For example, the line with 'Year' in the 'Total of' column indicates the year total. The lines with 'Year, Month' in the 'Total of' column indicate the total number for each year and month. - Always use only one 'total of' per item to avoid double counting. - The numbers stated in the 'Reporting on the Immigration Chain' serve as a frame of reference. The files are published annually for the previous year. Files from previous years remain available and will no longer be updated.