The Netherlands follows German example
Following Germany's lead, the Netherlands will also reintroduce more border controls.
The Dutch government has reached an agreement on a new package of striking asylum measures. And strict border controls are part of it. The Netherlands will introduce border controls at the border with Belgium and Germany starting in late November.
The Dutch radical right-wing party PVV of Geert Wilders had been pushing for months for the introduction of a series of strict asylum measures with an emergency law.
Politician Geert Wilders is patting himself on the back with “the strictest asylum policy ever” in the Netherlands and emphasizing on his social media that he is keeping his promises. In addition to the introduction of border controls, the Spread Law will be scrapped, removing the obligation of Dutch municipalities to accommodate refugees, and there will be “austere provisions” for asylum seekers with permits. In addition, the term of an asylum permit will be scaled back from five to three years to underscore its “temporary nature.”
“Foreigners who are found at the border and should not be here, or have already applied for asylum in another country, will be immediately sent back to Germany and Belgium,” PVV politician Geert Wilders stated.
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