Dutch officials holds Conference on Border Control
The first real presence of the Dutch immigration officials at work on st. Maarten will be felt starting Monday when representatives of the Netherlands will host a two day working conference in Philipsburg. The conference is between the Netherlands and St. Maarten on the topics of border Control and the recovery of the local Justice chain after Hurricane Irma.
Participating in the conference is expected to be officials of the Sint Maarten Police Force, Prison, Customs, Coast Guard, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Royal Marechaussee, Court of Guardianship, the Foundation Judicial Institutes St. Maarten, the Sint Maarten Ministry of Justice, the National Security Service Sint Maarten, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, Dutch Customs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), RST and the Dutch National Police.
The conference will deal with topics pertaining to border control while seeking to discuss ways and means of further strengthening partnerships with regards to protecting Sint Maarten’s borders as well as to increase the organizational capacity of the Police Force, the Customs Services and the Prison System. The Point Blanche Prison suffered severe damages as a consequence of Hurricane Irma and assessments made by local as well as Dutch experts have advised Sint Maarten to pursue the construction of an entirely new Prison Complex.
The new Minister of Justice Mr. Cornelius de Weever welcome the delegation from the Netherlands to Sint Maarten and look forward to two days of productive discussions.
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