• Is the story of this asylum seeker correct? About the credibility of asylum stories

Is the story of this asylum seeker correct? About the credibility of asylum stories

Tanja van Veldhuizen, Assistant Professor of Legal Psychology

To receive refugee status, asylum seekers must prove who they are, where they came from and what happened to them. How does the IND (Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service) investigate the credibility of their story if there is no evidence? How effective are the interview methods currently used?