The Netherlands must provide asylum seekers with a decision within six months, unless there are too many applications

In 2022, the decision period was extended, but that should not have been allowed, the court ruled. According to a lawyer involved, the ruling could affect thousands of ongoing asylum cases.

The Netherlands must process asylum applications much faster. Decision periods are now extended by nine months as standard, but according to the European...

The Netherlands may not make asylum seekers wait longer than six months for a decision on their application if there is no valid reason for doing so. According to the rules, a longer decision period is only permitted if an unexpectedly large number of asylum seekers submit an application at the same time. The European Court of Justice announced this in a ruling on Thursday.