This is the real asylum crisis at our border

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This feature has been published in Vrij Nederland – December 2025.

Curaçao – In the Netherlands, there is constant talk of an asylum crisis that does not exist. But on Curaçao, at the border of the Kingdom, a real refugee crisis is unfolding. Thousands of Venezuelans – fleeing poverty, violence and political repression – are living in the shadows of society. Without papers. Without rights.

Images: Nicole Franken – Text: Yvonne Dudock

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