Sep 02, 2023 at 6:03 PM Update: an hour ago The cabinet could have prevented “unnecessary unrest” by waiting for a final ruling from the highest court in the case about the reception of so-called third-country nationals. This is what the Dutch Council for Refugees says on Saturday in response to the urgent decision of … Read more
02 Sep 2023 at 00:51 Update: an hour ago A so-called third-country national who was in danger of losing his right to protection may remain in the reception for the time being. The Council of State, the highest court in the Netherlands, determined this late Friday evening in an emergency ruling. The third-country national, a … Read more
Aug 01, 2023 at 7:21 PMUpdate: 36 minutes ago A small group of refugees from Ukraine can still register for the scheme whereby the Netherlands helps them return to their home country. This group of third-country nationals do not have a Ukrainian passport, but were here for work or study, for example. When the war … Read more
Jul 11, 2023 at 5:31 PM Update: an hour ago Around the fall of the cabinet, figures on migration were dizzying. But exactly how many migrants came to the Netherlands last year? And what about ‘piling upon stacking’ with following family members? NU.nl puts the numbers in a row. 403,000: the total number of immigrants … Read more
Jul 07, 2023 at 8:09 PMUpdate: 2 minutes ago The Rutte IV cabinet has fallen. VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie have not agreed on limiting migration. This is reported by sources around the outgoing cabinet. Read the latest developments surrounding the fall of the cabinet in our live blog At the moment, the ministers involved … Read more
Jul 07, 2023 at 5:16 PMUpdate: 16 minutes ago The coalition parties started around 5 p.m. with the last attempt for the time being to reach a migration deal. If there is no agreement tonight, a cabinet fall cannot be ruled out. This week, the VVD group put full pressure on the asylum negotiations. The … Read more
04 July 2023 at 00:14 Last year, 403,000 immigrants came to the Netherlands. That is 151,000 more than a year earlier. This increase is mainly explained by the war in Ukraine. Migration figures are higher for the first time than in 2019, the last year before the corona pandemic. A large part of this increase … Read more
Jun 29, 2023 at 12:15PM Update: an hour ago The British court has banned the British government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The judges do not consider the African country a safe destination for asylum seekers. According to the court, there are “shortcomings” in the Rwandan asylum system. The ruling is a setback … Read more
06 jun 2023 om 21:15Update: 5 uur geleden State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum) wants to set up three to four ‘overflow locations’ for asylum seekers within a month. Such locations must be used as waiting rooms to prevent unmanageable crowds in Ter Apel. The overflow areas are intended to accommodate asylum seekers before … Read more
A temporary asylum shelter in Delft can stay open for a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years longer. In addition, the location will be expanded to 320 places. Now 220 people can live there. The Delft alderman for integration Joëlle Gooijer (ChristenUnie) expects that many such shelters will be needed in … Read more