The Director of Disaster Management Office (RBA) was also present when the people caught on an illegal boat, led by the members of Coastguard, were heading to Aruba. This is an existing procedure.
The moment a process is started to intercept an illegal boat with more than 30 undocumented people aboard, Disaster Management Office is also involved, of which Rino Hermans is the director. Their job is to control the process to make sure everything is going according to the government’s plan.
There are international processes that Aruba must follow, like asylum and civil rights. This plan they have been following exists since 2006.
What stood out for Herman is that for the last 3 weeks, the number of boats trying to reach Aruba is increasing. But thanks to the radars, we can spot them.
“The fact that many boats have been caught indicates that our coast is well protected, and they better not try to come here because there is a big chance they will get caught,” Herman said
