This report has mapped out the legislative, institutional and procedural frameworks andinfrastructures concerned with returning the unauthorised migrants from the Netherlands. Afocus on the period 2015-2023 was maintained. An overview on the return statistics isprovided. Furthermore, the policy and legislative developments were tracked down. Therelation between the Dutch national legislation, the European and international law has beenexplained. The procedures regarding return both at the border and from within the nationalterritory, return of the unaccompanied minors, forced and voluntary return have beenexplained in detail in section 4. In addition to special cases regarding the obligation to return,entry bans, detention and safeguards. The institutional framework has been outlined wherethe organisations and involved actors in implementing returns were enlisted as well as thedynamics of their collaboration within the so-called “Migration Chain”. The report hasincluded the readmission efforts of the Netherlands both with EU and non-EU countries,regarding the readmission of the undesirable and the unauthorised migrants in sections 4 and6. Additionally, the fundings allocated to the return efforts and programs are included undersection 7. Finally, the gaps in the legislative, institutional and international cooperationframeworks were highlighted under section 8.