The Netherlands: Concerns about Schiphol fire need urgent follow up / Amnesty International, 21 Sep 2006

"The report of the independent Dutch Safety Board (DSB, Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid) on the fire at the temporary detention centre at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport during the night of 26-27 October 2005 has been released. Eleven irregular migrants were killed, and fifteen other people injured, as a result of the fire. The report of the DSB confirms earlier reports about unsafe detention conditions; inadequate implementation of safety recommendations; insufficient training on the part of the guards and their inadequate intervention upon discovery of the fire."