WILLEMSTAD.- The Dutch Secretary of State Raymond Knops (Internal Relations of the Kingdom) made a visit yesterday to the SDKK detention center. 'I saw yesterday the area where foreigners are detained. The Netherlands recently gave its help to different processes to improve the detention of foreigners. We have also given a financial contribution. "

According to Knops, the work that was done in the detention center is a good example of collaboration in the Kingdom. 'Two countries in the kingdom helped each other with knowledge and experience. Curaçao now has better facilities as part of its asylum management and also detention facilities. According to Knops, everything goes according to plan.

Yesterday Knops visited Curaçao together with the minister of internal affairs and relations in the Kingdom Mrs. Kajsa Ollongren. In the last three days they visited Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. This was Ollongren's first visit to the islands. During his visit to Curaçao, Raymond Knops and Ollongren met with Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath and several ministers from his cabinet. "We talked about the general situation and also about the geopolitical situation and the financial situation. Later we went to the governors' meeting, which is a meeting between the governors of Curaçao, Aruba and San Martin with the secretary of state. This happens twice a year.