38 Part I: Recognition and usage (the Dutch Council for Refugees, Pharos and Amnesty International Dutch section), and the Dutch immigration authority (IND) developed an instruction for officers on how to deal with asylum seekers with psychological problems in the asylum procedure. Among other things a different approach to interviewing the applicants has been developed. Examples of this approach are: interview at a place where the asylum seeker feels safe, split the interview into several parts, make use of a trusted intermediary, and use written statements, including statements from family members. Moreover the IND is willing to take into account that even under these “tailor made” circumstances, the given statements should be interpreted in light of a restricted capability of declaring in a coherent and consistent manner. This new instruction by the asylum authorities appears at the right moment because the Dutch government is developing plans to pay more attention to vulnerable asylum seekers and to make the asylum procedure more in line with the EU directives on asylum. It is likely that some amendments will be made in both procedures with regard to medical aspects. 1 Laban C.J. et al (2005). Impact of a long asylum procedure on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in The Netherlands. In: Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 193(12):825-832.