Dutch Immigration Procedural Law and the Vulnerable Legal Position of Migrants

This article discusses administrative vulnerability within the context of immigration law. The focus of this article is the unequal procedural relationship between immigrants and the government. The Dutch administrative law principle of compensation for inequality is also a fundamental aspect of immigration law: the law must compensate for the unequal procedural position between the government and the immigrant. The further digitalization of government actions, both in administrative and judicial phases, affects the procedural position of the immigrant vis-& agrave;-vis the government. This article examines how immigration procedural law enables (or hinders) migrants in exercising their rights before a public authority and the complex interactions between them. Do these procedural legal norms contribute to strengthening the legal position of migrants before the government, or do they make them more vulnerable?