Ministers hold closed-doors summit on refugee accommodation crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

Ministers hold closed-doors summit on refugee accommodation crisis

Dutch News  

Senior cabinet ministers are meeting at the Catshuis on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing problems around the accommodation of asylum seekers. Prime minister Mark Rutte and the three deputy prime ministers from the other coalition parties will attend the talks in The Hague, along with asylum minister Eric van der Burg and justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz. Earlier in December a court in Haarlem ruled that a Syrian woman’s right to be reunited with her children took precedence over the government’s need to manage the accommodation crisis and ruled that the temporary ban breached both Dutch law and European guidelines. VVD backbenchers triggered a mini-crisis in November when they threatened to vote against a bill proposed by their party colleague Van der Burg which would allow the government in The Hague to force local authorities to accommodate refugees. Van der Burg said last month that there were enough accommodation places available in the short term, but the issue is likely to raise its head again in April when temporary facilities Amsterdam, Dronten and Velsen with 4,000 beds are closed.

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Critical meetings to thrash out government asylum policy
1 year, 5 months ago

Critical meetings to thrash out government asylum policy

Dutch News  

The government is in ‘critical’ meetings to try to agree new policy on asylum seekers. A meeting of party leaders last night began at 9.30pm and Dutch media report that prime minister Mark Rutte wants to reach a decision by Friday, so is putting pressure on his three coalition partners. Rutte has said that he wants a crackdown on certain …

Critical meetings to thrash out government asylum policy
1 year, 5 months ago

Critical meetings to thrash out government asylum policy

Dutch News  

The government is in ‘critical’ meetings to try to agree new policy on asylum seekers. A meeting of party leaders last night began at 9.30pm and Dutch media report that prime minister Mark Rutte wants to reach a decision by Friday, so is putting pressure on his three coalition partners. Rutte has said that he wants a crackdown on certain …

Ministers hold closed-doors summit on refugee accommodation crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

Ministers hold closed-doors summit on refugee accommodation crisis

Dutch News  

Senior cabinet ministers are meeting at the Catshuis on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing problems around the accommodation of asylum seekers. Prime minister Mark Rutte and the three deputy prime ministers from the other coalition parties will attend the talks in The Hague, along with asylum minister Eric van der Burg and justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz. Earlier in December a …

Rutte tries to break deadlock in VVD over asylum seekers as crisis looms
2 years, 1 month ago

Rutte tries to break deadlock in VVD over asylum seekers as crisis looms

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte will try to break the deadlock in his own VVD party over how to accommodate the overflow of asylum seekers at the reception centre in Ter Apel. The VVD minister responsible for asylum, Eric van der Burg, has been unable to secure the backing of his colleagues for a law that would give him more powers …

Rutte tries to break deadlock in VVD over asylum seekers as crisis looms
2 years, 1 month ago

Rutte tries to break deadlock in VVD over asylum seekers as crisis looms

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte will try to break the deadlock in his own VVD party over how to accommodate the overflow of asylum seekers at the reception centre in Ter Apel. The VVD minister responsible for asylum, Eric van der Burg, has been unable to secure the backing of his colleagues for a law that would give him more powers …

Just one council offers space for child refugees after minister's appeal
2 years, 2 months ago

Just one council offers space for child refugees after minister's appeal

Dutch News  

Just one local council has come forward to say it will make extra beds available for child refugees, dozens of whom are currently sleeping on office floors at the Ter Apel reception centre. Junior justice minister Eric van der Burg made an appeal to all 345 local councils last month, saying 1,700 beds were needed for young asylum seekers who …

Just one council offers space for child refugees after minister's appeal
2 years, 2 months ago

Just one council offers space for child refugees after minister's appeal

Dutch News  

Just one local council has come forward to say it will make extra beds available for child refugees, dozens of whom are currently sleeping on office floors at the Ter Apel reception centre. Junior justice minister Eric van der Burg made an appeal to all 345 local councils last month, saying 1,700 beds were needed for young asylum seekers who …

Minister appeals again for councils to house young refugees
2 years, 2 months ago

Minister appeals again for councils to house young refugees

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Eric van der Burg has made yet another urgent appeal to local councils to come up with beds for refugees – this time for 1,700 places for youngsters who have travelled to the Netherlands without their parents. ‘I would ask you all, as a matter of real urgency, to prevent us reaching an absolute low point,’ Van …

Minister appeals again for councils to house young refugees
2 years, 2 months ago

Minister appeals again for councils to house young refugees

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Eric van der Burg has made yet another urgent appeal to local councils to come up with beds for refugees – this time for 1,700 places for youngsters who have travelled to the Netherlands without their parents. ‘I would ask you all, as a matter of real urgency, to prevent us reaching an absolute low point,’ Van …

Dutch set up crisis team to deal with refugees from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch set up crisis team to deal with refugees from Ukraine

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet is setting up a crisis team to cope with the expected large number of refugees from Ukraine, prime minister Mark Rutte said in a short statement on Tuesday. No one can estimate how many refugees are heading for the Netherlands, but ‘we have to be well prepared’, the prime minister told reporters. Their primary concern will be …

Dutch set up crisis team to deal with refugees from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch set up crisis team to deal with refugees from Ukraine

Dutch News  

The Dutch cabinet is setting up a crisis team to cope with the expected large number of refugees from Ukraine, prime minister Mark Rutte said in a short statement on Tuesday. No one can estimate how many refugees are heading for the Netherlands, but ‘we have to be well prepared’, the prime minister told reporters. Their primary concern will be …

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