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But asylumseekers are often accused of shopping around, and their applications for asylum are sometimes not considered on the grounds that they came through a "safe third country".
Asylumseekers arriving in the Netherlands via another EU country are not entitled to accommodation in reception centres.
Asylumseekers who are considered not to be in need include those in possession of a mobile phone, and those who are citizens of a member state of the Council of Europe.
Some governments are relatively tolerant and accepting of onshore asylum claims; other governments will not only refuse such claims, but may actually arrest or detain those who attempt to seek asylum.
The practical determination of whether a person is a refugee or not is most often left to certain government agencies within the host country, this can lead to abuse in a country with a very restrictive official immigration policy.
That is, the country won't recognize the refugee status of the asylumseekers nor, for that matter, see them as legitimate migrants and consequently treat them as illegal aliens.
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