ABSTRACT
Dutch migration control mechanisms are not limited to the nation’s borders and gates of physical entry. Instead, the Netherlands has had a history of administrative measures by which to regulate entry and residence of foreign nationals. Indeed, with progressing integration into the European Community – and, subsequently, the European Union -the significance of national borders and their controls has been modified to the extent that it is now Schengen partners who control territory borders, including ones on behalf of the Dutch government. What is left in terms of old-fashioned border control is now concentrated at the Netherlands’ seaports (notably, Rotterdam) and international airport (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol), both ofwhich are gates ofentry to the Dutch territory as well as the Schengen area at large. Administrative controls within the Dutch state have, in the meantime, been intensified.
