In addition to the establishment of an integrity chamber, the Netherlands wants the border control of the island to be carried out by the Royal Military and Border Police and the customs under the authority of the Minister of Justice of Sint Maarten. These are the two conditions for the release of reconstruction aid.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister William Marlin on October 13, the Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands, Ronald Plasterk, declares that it is "vital for the quality of the controls in Sint Maarten" that it be "improved "; the government of the Netherlands having declared that "Sint Maarten was incapable of managing the borders alone". The lack of controls leads to drug and arms trafficking, promotes illegal immigration and large transfers of money as well as the risk of the terrorist threat, said the Minister of the Interior to William Marlin.
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