The Netherlands is the first European country to suspend the Dublin Agreement in the face of Syrians

A Dutch court ruled that Syrian refugees who came from Denmark would be stripped of the Dublin fingerprint and prevented from being returned to it under the Dublin Agreement (which is responsible for examining asylum applications in the European Union).

Many Syrians fled Denmark after it ruled that parts of the Syrian government-controlled areas were safe for refugees to return to, such as the capital, Damascus, and its countryside.

According to the site, according to this decision, the Netherlands became the first country in the European Union to which the asylum seeker arrives from Denmark, and becomes responsible for processing their applications through an individual assessment of each case before considering the transfer.

The intervention comes after the Dutch State Council refused to return the Syrian refugees to Denmark, considering that this step subjected the refugees to inhuman treatment in Denmark, while it approved the transfer of Syrian citizens to Sweden, according to the statement issued on 6 July.

Denmark’s decision caused some Syrian refugees to flee from Denmark and seek asylum in other European countries.

“It is surprising that Denmark needs to be reminded that no part of Syria is safe for refugees to return to,” Nadia Hardman, researcher on refugees and migrants at Human Rights Watch, praised the decision.

“The Dutch decision will not change the Danish classification that parts of Syria are safe – only Danes can see that,” Hardmann noted.

The Netherlands was scheduled to transfer dozens of refugees who had valid or rejected asylum applications in Denmark and Sweden, according to the “Dublin” agreement for the distribution of refugees, concluded in 1990, which stipulates that the country in which asylum seekers arrive first must consider their asylum applications, and that their return to it is accepted if they leave for another European country.

Denmark has previously called for the establishment of a new asylum system and the amendment of immigration policies to allow examination of the files of asylum seekers outside Europe, while the Dutch parliament rejected proposals submitted by right-wing parties about returning Syrian refugees to their country, and declaring Syria or areas in it safe.