Niemand op heel Vlieland is a novella by the Dutch writer Vonne van der Meer, published in 2006. Van Der Meer broke through in 1999 with the novel Eilandgasten that was set on one of the Wadden Islands or West-Frisian Islands that are part of the Netherlands.

The novella Niemand op heel Vlieland is also set on one of the West-Frisian Islands, namely on Vlieland. Personally, I found this novella much more interesting than any of the short that form Eilandgasten. Unlike the chapters in the novel, the narrative structure of the novella is self-contained, while the story is centered around a topic and a theme that has gained increasing interest in Western Europe, namely human rights and the story of refugees. The location of the island emphasises the isolation felt by the refugee, while the setting suggests that this issue will eventually effect everyone, a profetic view of our current situation for a novella written 17 years ago. ( )