D.T. v. THE NETHERLANDS AND GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 28199/12 D.T.against the Netherlands and Georgialodged on 26 April 2012STATEMENT OF FACTSTHE FACTSThe applicant, Mr D.T., is a citizen of Georgia. He was born in 1973 and is currently staying in the Netherlands. He is represented before the Court by Ms M. de Boer, a lawyer practising in Lelystad.The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.The applicant applied for asylum in the Netherlands on 29 May 2007. He claimed, inter alia, the following. He used to work as a border guard at the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan. His main responsibility had been the combating of drugs trafficking. Between the two countries a neutral zone existed. On 10 April 2007 the applicant had been ordered by his superior officer to bring a person (one Mr X) from the neutral zone to Georgia, evading the normal border controls. On 16 April 20 …