OM: Ter Apel area bans are unlikely to last in court

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The Public Prosecutor's Office will not prosecute violations of area bans that the municipality of Westerwolde has imposed on asylum seekers. The Public Prosecution Service confirms this after questions from the NOS in response to reports from NRC. These are asylum seekers who have been litigated, who received an area ban because they come from the same countries as asylum seekers who have previously misbehaved. The Public Prosecution Service sa…

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Reception agency COA and the municipality of Westerwolde have imposed an area ban on Ter Apel on more than two hundred asylum seekers based on their country of origin. The Public Prosecution Service refused to carry it out.