Around 50,000 or more asylum seekers are expected to arrive in the Netherlands next year. Rutte thinks that number is too high. He points out that this is his opinion of him as a member of the VVD, not as a prime minister.
Mapping
A group of ministers is committed to mapping all kinds of migration problems, including the consequences of the high influx of asylum seekers.
On Tuesday, coalition parties agreed on a plan to spread the reception of asylum seekers across the country. For the VVD of Rutte, the most important sore point is that the municipalities can be forced to accept asylum seekers. Here’s what the new law looks like:
Three of the four coalition parties quickly agreed on the law, but the VVD has long threatened to vote against it. The group relented only after a visit from Rutte to the group meeting.
He has had to convince the House of Representatives faction that he will work to limit the influx of asylum seekers, although he has not made any concrete commitments as far as is known. He says he has ideas, but he doesn’t want to say anything about it.
