Serious Request [SEP] country of origin
through 2014.
In the Netherlands the Serious Request broadcasts and the Glass House have become a national December tradition, that reaches most of the national population. The 2012 edition was watched and listened to by 12.1 million people over the age of ten, or 84% of Dutch people in that age group. Overall, 88% of the people were aware of the event.
Request on Tour (2003).
"3FM Request on Tour" was the precursor to the Serious Request formula. During the last three
ii) Safe Country of Origin (An asylum seeker can be a prior refused asylum if he or she is a national of a country considered to be "safe" by the French asylum authority OFPRA), iii) Safety Threat (serious threat to the public order), or iv) Fraudulent Application (abuse of the asylum procedure for other reasons).
The December 10, 2003, law limited political asylum through two main restrictions:
- The notion of "internal asylum": the request may be rejected