LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CBS
Central Bureau for Statistics (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
DNA
Dutch Nationality Act (Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap)
DT&V
Repatriation and Departure Service (Dienst Terugkeer en Vertrek)
ECN
European Convention on Nationality
EMN
European Migration Network
EU
EUDO
ExCom
European Union
European Union Democracy Observatory
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (of UNHCR)
GA General Assembly
GBA
Municipal Basic Administration (Gemeentelijke Basis Administratie)
GGD Municipal and Communal Healthcare Service
(Gemeentelijke of Gemeenschappelijke Gezondheidsdienst)
ICCPR
International Covenant on Cultural and Political Rights
IND
Immigration and Naturalization Service (Immigratie en Naturalisatie Dienst)
IOM
International Organization for Migration
LP
Laissez-passer
MVV
Permission for temporary stay (Machtiging Voorlopig Verblijf)
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NVVB
OPT
PTSD
Dutch Association for Civic Affairs (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Burgerzaken)
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Trb. Official Gazette for treaties and decisions of international organizations
Tractatenblad
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near-East
USSR
VBL
IV.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Location with restricted freedom of movement (Vrijheidsbeperkende Locatie)
Mapping statelessness