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More military policemen sent to the Caribbean

Part 1

Oranjestad - The Carib- Think for example the tack- information position, so that
bean brigade of the Royal ling of human smuggling, you can make the right
Netherlands Marechaussee human trafficking, drug choice of deployment of
will have many new col- smuggling and illegal mi- people and material.”
leagues with about 71 join- gration.”
ing. The protocol will run for 7
Each country has drawn years with the possibility of
They will be deployed for up a plan to jointly invest in an extension. The plans of
the so-called Strengthen- border control and police action of the mentioned
ing Border control Protocol service at the airports and countries focus on the first
in Aruba, as well as Cura- surveillance at the maritime 3 years. Therefore, in the
çao and Sint Maarten. A border. There is armstrong coming years a follow up
first group of more than 30 focus on strengthening the plan will be made for the

years after. The countries Source MagazineDefensie.
will no longer need the help nlq
of KMar after those 7 years.

colleagues have already
started this month, creat-
ing anticipation for the of-
ficial reorganization that
will lead to the permanent
placements starting on july
2023.

As project leader, Major
Jan Ploegstra is in charge
with ensuring that every-
thing runs smoothly. When
talking about the how and
why of this extensive plan,
he said that it’s a “project
of great impact.”

“The protocol on strength-
ening the border control
in the Caribbean countries
of the Kingdom was signed
last year by the responsible
ministers from the Nether-
lands and the countries of
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint
Maarten. The 3 countries
have expressed the wish to
cooperate in a more inten-
sive manner, including the
KMar, Custom Netherlands
and the Caribbean Coast
Guard in the fight against
cross-border crime in or-
der to be better protected.