determines which asylum seekers qualify as refugees in accordance with an established,
accessible system that appeared to provide basic due process.”
Verder heeft verweerder onderbouwd dat vluchtelingen mogen werken in de Filippijnen. In het verweerschrift is nog specifiek een passage genoemd uit het in de besluitvorming genoemde rapport van UNHCR daterend van september 2016 waarin staat
geschreven:
“(...)While the Philippines has no specific legislation concerning the protection of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons, the Department of ]ustice (DO), which is specifically tasked to provide protection, has issued the Department Circular No. 58, series of 2012,1 providing for the current refugee and stateless Status determination procedure. Under the provisions of the Department Circular No. 58, the Government adheres to such basic principles as preservation and promotion of family unity; non detention on account of being stateless or refugee; non-deprivation of refugee or
stateless status; non-discrimination in the application of the Conventions; non- refoulement; and non-punishment on account of illegal entry or presence in the country. (…)”
Tot slot wijst verweerder op het jaarrapport van het US Department of State 2018 (van 13 maart 20198) waarin staat:
“The constitution provides for freedom of internal movement, foreign travel, emigration, and repatriation, and the government generally respected these rights. The government cooperated with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian organizations in providing protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, refugees, returning refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and other persons of concern. There were no reports the government exerted pressure or threatened refugees to return to the country from which they had fled.” De rechtbank volgt verweerder dat deze bronnen inzicht geven in de feitelijke situatie en de door verweerder genoemde passages blijk geven van onderzoek naar de feitelijke situatie door verweerder.