A Russian couple who requested asylum in the Netherlands because of their inside knowledge about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was rejected by Dutch immigration office IND. They are currently living illegally in the Netherlands and face deportation to Russia. The couple fled their home country in 2016 after they began to be harassed by men they believed were working for Russian security service FSB, according to the Volkskrant.
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Judges and lawyers attend the third session of the sampling process surrounding the downing of flight MH17 at the Schiphol Judicial Complex, in Badhoevedorp, on June 8, 2020.
