Mark Klaassen
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. M.A.K. Klaassen
- Telephone
- 071 5277420
- m.a.k.klaassen@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7396-5562
Dr Mark Klaassen is an assistant professor at the Europa Institute, Leiden University.
More information about Mark Klaassen
Supervisor
News
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Is the UN Refugee Convention still relevant? -
Dutch Council of State against scrapping asylum distribution law -
The future of asylum applications outside the EU -
Leiden scholars critical of EU Return Regulation -
Success of EU Migration Pact depends on cooperation and solidarity -
How is the age of asylum seekers assessed? -
Success of EU Migration Pact depends on cooperation and solidarity between Member States
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Asylum process must speed up, but concerns voiced about due care
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Denmark as a guiding country for migration policy: a model with limits -
Experts slam Dutch asylum decision on Afghan women -
Impact of Dutch preliminary election results on migration policy -
‘Return hubs’ as a solution for failed asylum seekers -
Is a stricter asylum policy legally feasible? -
IND is breaking the law by delaying processing of Syrian asylum applications -
The Netherlands must speed up asylum procedures -
Asylum seekers go into hiding pending new application procedure -
Netherlands falling behind in European asylum policy -
Conflicting signals from immigration minister Faber complicate implementation of Dispersal Act -
Students attend hearing at Aliens Division of Court of Rotterdam -
Return payment for Syrian refugees is unrealistic -
Reception centres for asylum seekers in Albania virtually empty -
Mark Klaassen advocates for effective family reunification rights at Red Cross event -
Current and proposed Dutch asylum policy -
Impact of Dutch coalition programme and EU Migration Pact on judicial system
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Dutch cabinet’s asylum plans will not reduce number of asylum seekers -
Is an asylum exception for Poland feasible? -
The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean? -
A Dutch opt-out on asylum is impossible
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Italy’s green light to ship boat migrants to Albania
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Mark Klaassen speaks at event to mark the 20th anniversary of EU Family Reunification Directive -
‘In ten years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’ -
Meloni’s migration plan contrary to international law
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International media: 'Collapse of Dutch Government Highlights Europe’s New Migration Politics’ -
Plan for which VVD is prepared to let Dutch government collapse, caused overburdening of judicial system and violation of children's rights in Germany -
New migrant deal no guarantee for success -
Age determination in young asylum seekers under discussion
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Peter Rodrigues and Mark Klaassen lecture on unaccompanied minors at Sofia University -
Mark Klaassen on the Dublin claim on Voice of America News -
Majority of requests to transfer asylum seekers to other EU countries lead to nothing
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Conference on Children’s Rights and Migration -
Mark Klaassen: 'Cabinet acting contrary to Directive on family reunification'
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Mark Klaassen speaker at the Family Reunification Network on unaccompanied minors
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Call for papers on unaccompanied minors
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Research report ‘Interpretation and implementation of the Returns Directive’ -
Mark Klaassen in Argos about age determination for asylum seekers
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Migration policy in the spotlights -
Successful international conference on Safeguarding children’s rights in immigration law -
Call for papers 'Safeguarding children’s rights in immigration law'
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Guest Lecture on unaccompanied minors by Germa Lourens (Nidos) -
New publication: The best interests of the child in EU family reunification law
Dr Mark Klaassen is an assistant professor at the Europa Institute, Leiden University. He graduated from Warwick University with a Master of Arts in Politics in 2008 and progressed to an LLM in European law at Leiden University, where he graduated cum laude. In 2012, he started his doctoral research at Leiden Law School on the right to family reunification and obtained his PhD in 2015.
Klaassen is currently a lecturer and coordinator of various courses related to immigration law at Leiden Law School. In 2018, he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Council on Migration, an advisory body for the Dutch government and parliament on immigration law and policy. Klaassen is a board member of the Dutch Association on Migration Research and of the Netherlands Migration Law Foundation (Stichting Migratierecht Nederland).
Research
His research focuses on immigration law, particularly family reunification and the intersection of children’s rights and immigration law.
Education
Klaassen teaches the following courses at Leiden Law School:
- Vreemdelingenrecht
- Kind en Migratie
- Immigratierecht
- Migration and Children’s Rights
- European Migration Law
- European Asylum Law
Besides these courses, Klaassen supervises master's theses for various departments at Leiden Law School.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Public Law
- European Law
- European Law Section A
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Private Law
- Child Law and Health Law
- Child Law and Health Law section A