Housing minister calls for immigration curbs, current rate ‘could disrupt society’
2 years, 2 months ago

Housing minister calls for immigration curbs, current rate ‘could disrupt society’

Dutch News  

The current growth in the population of the Netherlands is unsustainable, will add to the pressure on housing and could potentially disrupt society, housing minister Hugo de Jonge has told the Nederlands Dagblad. The growth in the population of some 100,000 a year ‘must go down a lot’, De Jonge told the paper. While there are limits to what the Netherlands can do because of international treaties, some neighbouring countries are doing a ‘better job’ at limiting numbers, De Jonge said. ‘You cannot just shrug your shoulders about growth that has the potential to disrupt everything we find important.’ Policy The current coalition government, made up of the right-wing VVD and CDA, the Liberal Democrats D66 and the small Christian party ChristenUnie, includes a commitment to setting immigration targets and a ‘fundamental revision’ of asylum policy.

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Dutch population must stay below 20 million, ministers say
3 weeks ago

Dutch population must stay below 20 million, ministers say

Dutch News  

The right-wing Dutch government is looking at drawing up specific targets to limit immigration and ensure the population of the Netherlands remains below 20 million by 2050. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber and social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum told MPs in a briefing on Tuesday that the cabinet was embracing a report by the government’s demographic development commission which recommends …

Government "must make clear choices" to limit immigration
11 months, 1 week ago

Government "must make clear choices" to limit immigration

Dutch News  

The government needs to make real choices about moderating immigration to keep the population manageable, according to an influential state commission, set up by parliament last year. “We need to make choices about migration and in doing so put the quality of the economy and social cohesion first,” said commission chairman Richard van Zwol. “By acting now to ensure moderate …

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration
2 years ago

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to widen its debate on migration beyond a simple discussion of quotas or risk running into a Brexit-style dead end, D66 parliamentary group leader Jan Paternotte has warned. ‘Meanwhile you see Germany, which has a labour market that looks quite a lot like ours, saying: we actually need more labour migration.’ Paternotte said the debate focused too …

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration
2 years ago

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to widen its debate on migration beyond a simple discussion of quotas or risk running into a Brexit-style dead end, D66 parliamentary group leader Jan Paternotte has warned. ‘Meanwhile you see Germany, which has a labour market that looks quite a lot like ours, saying: we actually need more labour migration.’ Paternotte said the debate focused too …

Immigration drove significant population growth in Netherlands this year
2 years, 1 month ago

Immigration drove significant population growth in Netherlands this year

NL Times  

The population of the Netherlands grew by 191,000 people in the first three quarters of 2022 to 17.8 million residents at the beginning of October. The population growth, which was over twice as high as in the same period last year, was mainly driven by immigration, Statistics Netherlands reported. Emigration was also higher than a year earlier, with 129,400 people …

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