2025 — Immigration detention in St. Maarten. Inspection into the treatment of detained foreigners in St. Maarten.

In St. Maarten, detained foreigners are housed in the foreigner detention center and border hospice at Simpson Bay. As this is a closed setting, it must meet requirements of security and humane treatment of the foreigner. The inspection shows that aspects of security in particular are lacking, leading to unacceptable conditions, according to the Council. The Council emphasises that despite the (major) bottlenecks, the inspection showed that this does not directly affect the humane treatment of detained foreigners. Detained foreigners are generally treated humanely by the persons involved in accordance with established standards.