British Expats in Netherlands Fight to Keep European Citizenship

5 days, 14 hours ago

NL can send third-party nationals from Ukraine back home

The Netherlands can stop providing accommodation to third country nationals who were living in Ukraine before the Russian invasion, the European Court of Justice said on Thursday. The foreign students and workers who were in Ukraine before the invasion had been ordered to go home earlier this year, but many had challenged the Dutch government’s position in court. The court …

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6 days, 8 hours ago

EU Court: Netherlands can return some third-country nationals displaced by Ukraine war

NL Times

The Dutch government can choose to end the temporary protection of some people who are not Ukrainian citizens, but were living in Ukraine when the war with Russia intensified in 2022. The ruling issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday found that the Netherlands is allowed to stop hosting those displaced persons who have not …

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1 week ago

Why has Starmer’s Brexit reset with the EU stumbled?

The Independent

Not for the first time, this government finds itself stumbling into the gap between its pre-election rhetoric and post-election realities. Specifically, it’s no secret that their key demands are: more access to UK fisheries; a “youth experience scheme” that allows young people aged 18 to 30 to work, travel and study anywhere in the UK and 27 member states for …

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1 week, 1 day ago

EU sues UK over post-Brexit freedom of movement failures in blow to Starmer’s reset

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a blow to Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to reset relations with the bloc, the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

EU nations agree a crackdown on migrant smugglers. Some fear it may target people trying to help

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European Union countries agreed on Friday a draft law aimed at preventing and countering migrant smuggling, which critics say could be used to target people or charity groups that try to help migrants in trouble. The draft contains a “humanitarian clause” which would “specify that certain assistance to irregular migrants, notably assistance to close family members or support …

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2 weeks ago

European Rights Court split on Dutch family reunification cases

Dutch News

The European Court of Human Rights issued two decisions over family reunification involving the Netherlands on Tuesday, siding with Dutch courts in one case but rejecting the conclusion in another. The immigration service iND rejected the application and the family subsequently lost on appeal, with the court finding the relationship didn’t meet the threshold for “family life” under the European …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Dutch more concerned about immigration than EU average

Dutch News

Dutch people are more concerned about immigration than citizens in other EU countries, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey, published on Friday. The second most important topic for Dutch citizens is the war in Ukraine, chosen by 41% of respondents compared to an EU average of 31%. Support for Ukraine As regards the war in Ukraine, Dutch …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Anti-Semitism passport plan is "discriminatory and polarising"

Dutch News

The Dutch right-wing government’s move to investigate if people convicted of anti-Semitism can be regarded as terrorists and stripped of their Dutch nationality will discriminate against dual passport holders and increase polarisation, critics have said. “This policy per definition would hit people who cannot avoid having dual nationality,” migration law professor Ricky van Oers told the NRC. Saïd Bouharrou of …

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Coalition MPs back stripping anti-Semites of Dutch nationality

Dutch News

Stripping dual nationals of their Dutch passports if they are found guilty of anti-Semitism has been backed by the right-wing Dutch coalition, in the wake of last week’s trouble in Amsterdam. Currently people can only be stripped of their Dutch nationality if they are convicted of terrorism offences or form a threat to national security. “You can imagine using the …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: First migrant crime table

The Telegraph

The Telegraph compiled the league table by taking data from the Ministry of Justice which shows there are 10,435 foreign nationals in jails in England and Wales compared with 76,866 British nationals. This was cross-referenced with Office for National Statistics 2021 census data, from which was extracted the number of foreign nationals from each country who have not got a …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Dutch government led by hard right asks for formal opt-out from EU migration rules

LA Times

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, sits next to Health Minister Fleur Agema, center, and Climate and Green Growth Minister Sophie Hermans, left, as he listens to Dutch King Willem-Alexander outlining the new government’s policy plans and budget for the coming year in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday. Dutch Migration Minister Marjolein Faber of Wilders’ party wrote to the European …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Foreigners Act | Authorities Cannot Randomly Ask People To Prove Indian Citizenship On Mere Suspicion Without Sharing Any Materials: Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the authorities cannot randomly accuse people of being foreigners and initiate investigation into a person's nationality without the existence of material basis or information for suspicion.Setting aside the declaration given by a Foreigners Tribunal in Assam in 2012 that the appellant was a foreigner,. The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the authorities …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany allows multiple nationality for first time

China Daily

More people will be able to become German citizens without giving up their existing nationality, following the enactment of government reforms on Thursday. The change in Germany's citizenship laws marks the first time the country has agreed to let people have multiple citizenships. Previously, German citizenship was typically only granted as an exception to nationals of European Union member countries …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

EU to drop rule-of-law dispute with Poland

Al Jazeera

European Union says Poland has launched a series of measures to address concerns about judicial independence. “Today, marks a new chapter for Poland,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, calling the breakthrough a result of the country’s determined reform efforts. “The ongoing restoration of the rule of law in Poland is great for the Polish people and our …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Third-country nationals can collect a Dutch residency sticker starting May 6

NL Times

Third-country nationals who left Ukraine due to the war there, and who now reside in the Netherlands, will be allowed to get a sticker placed in their passport confirming their current residency status. Dutch immigration service IND said this will be available for third-country nationals beginning on Monday, which is already available for Ukrainians with temporary residency. The Dutch court …

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10 months ago

IS bride stuck in Syrian refugee camp loses her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship

Associated Press

LONDON — A woman who traveled to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her appeal Friday against the British government’s decision to revoke her U.K. citizenship, with judges saying that it wasn’t for them to rule on whether it was “harsh” to do so. All three judges dismissed her case and argued she had made …

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11 months ago

Germany’s parliament approves easing citizenship laws

Al Jazeera

Legislation allows people to become eligible for citizenship after five years and opens up possibility of dual nationalities. The legislation will allow people to become eligible for citizenship after five years in Germany or three in case of “special integration accomplishments”, rather than the eight or six years at present. In a video welcoming the citizenship law, Scholz said the …

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11 months, 1 week ago

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year

Dutch News

The Netherlands ordered more British nationals to leave the country in the first nine months of 2023 than any other EU member state, according to data compiled by EU statistics office Eurostat. Last year, it emerged that 615 British nationals had been told to leave the Netherlands between 2021 and the third quarter of 2022, but just 10 were actually …

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11 months, 1 week ago

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year

Dutch News

The Netherlands ordered more British nationals to leave the country in the first nine months of 2023 than any other EU member state, according to data compiled by EU statistics office Eurostat. Last year, it emerged that 615 British nationals had been told to leave the Netherlands between 2021 and the third quarter of 2022, but just 10 were actually …

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1 year ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

Dutch News

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

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1 year ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

Dutch News

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

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1 year ago

Nearly 48,000 people gained Dutch citizenship through naturalization this year

NL Times

Until December 1 this year, 47,890 people became Dutch citizens through naturalization - almost 35,000 adults and about 13,000 children. That is more than in the same period last year when 44,170 people became Dutch through naturalization, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reported ahead of Nationalization Day on Friday. After five years of lawful residency, migrants can submit a naturalization …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Alienating foreigners won't do the new government any favours

Dutch News

The Dutch News readers’ election poll showed clear support for a Liberal centre-left government with new parties NSC and BBB hardly getting a look in. It’s an election about numbers, from former CDA maverick Pieter Omzigt’s plea to limit the total number of foreigners coming to the Netherlands to 50,000 a year to VVD leader Dilan Yesligöz telling the Telegraaf …

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1 year, 1 month ago

EU court condemns the Netherlands for keeping pension nationally

NL Times

The Netherlands will have to amend its pension law after the highest court in the European Union condemned the Dutch government for holding on to the pensions of people who move to another EU Member State. The court ruled that the Dutch pension law does not comply with European Union agreements regarding the free movement of employees and capital. In …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch election candidates make migration a key campaign issue in the crowded Netherlands

Associated Press

TER APEL, Netherlands — It is a familiar sight in this remote rural town: a migrant in a headscarf and thick winter coat carrying her belongings to the overcrowded reception center as a storm brews over the flat landscape. Tapper said he plans to vote for anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party which advocates a halt in asylum seekers and …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch election candidates make migration a key campaign issue in the crowded Netherlands

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Rights court faults Dutch for deporting Bahraini refugee

Dutch News

The European Court of Human Rights found on Tuesday that Dutch immigration authorities had not properly assessed the risks for an asylum seeker if he was sent back to Bahrain when they deported Ali-Mohammed al-Showaikh. Judges at the Strasbourg-based court ruled that the Dutch government had violated Al-Showaikh’s human rights by refusing to allow him access to a lawyer and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

U.K. Supreme Court to weigh legality of plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

NPR

U.K. Supreme Court to weigh legality of plan to deport migrants to Rwanda Enlarge this image toggle caption Toby Melville/Reuters Toby Melville/Reuters DOVER, England, and LONDON — They were handcuffed, their phones confiscated, their legs shackled in the van on the way to a military airfield. There's a backlog of thousands of cases, and authorities want to throw out those …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Brexit is a driver in rise in people holding multiple passports, figures suggest

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Nearly 18,000 foreign students apply for Dutch residency, up 7.5%

NL Times

The number of international students from outside the European Union applying for a residency permit to study in the Netherlands continues to rise. “Up to and including July, the IND received approximately 1,200 more applications than the year before.” It means that 17,870 residency applications were filed by potential students located outside the European Union, up from 16,630 in 2022 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Germany is moving forward with a plan to ease its citizenship rules as it seeks to attract workers

The Hindu

Germany plans to ease citizenship rules under legislation approved Wednesday by the Cabinet, a project that the government contends will bolster the integration of immigrants and help an economy that is struggling with a shortage of skilled workers. The government plans to make people eligible for citizenship after five years in Germany, or three in case of “special integration accomplishments,” …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Having shaken off nationalism, Europe risks civilisationalism

The Economist

I t is possible to be black and Dutch, or for a person of Moroccan descent to be unequivocally French. Plenty of non-white people are born in Europe, and a citizen of any EU country is a citizen of the bloc, no matter what their ethnicity. Yet the term “European” is sometimes also used to connote whiteness: in apartheid-era South …

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1 year, 4 months ago

MIGRATION | EU and the migrant ‘crisis’

The Hindu

Published : Aug 16, 2023 16:05 IST - 6 MINS READ European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex expects yet another rise in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers arriving in the EU. Some EU member states and former members like Britain are therefore trying to adopt stricter laws, regulations, and asylum procedures to discourage or deter people from entering …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Top EU court rules Poland’s justice reforms infringe EU law

Al Jazeera

European Commission brought case over 2019 changes that bar Polish courts from applying EU law in some cases. The European Court of Justice, the European Union’s highest court, has ruled that Poland’s 2019 justice reforms infringe the bloc’s rule of law. On Monday, the Luxembourg-based ECJ said Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party’s judicial reforms were damaging the independence of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Dutch court bars return of African migrants to Italy

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch people abroad disappointed that they can still automatically lose nationality

NL Times

SNBN, a foundation that represents the interest of Dutch people living abroad, said it was incredibly disappointed that Dutch people abroad could still automatically lose their Dutch nationality. According to SNBN, Dutch people living abroad can automatically lose their Dutch nationality if they fail to apply for a new Dutch passport in time while living outside the EU or if …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch border force guilty of ethnic profiling at border checks, appeals court rules

NL Times

The Koninklijke Marechaussee is guilty of ethnic profiling, the Court of Appeals in The Hague ruled on Tuesday. Several human rights organizations accused the Koninklijke Marechaussee - a policing force that works as part of the Dutch military and is responsible for border security - of ethnic profiling in 2021. In September that year, a lower court ruled that the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister

Dutch News

A judge in Haarlem has told junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to explain why some immigrants are required by law to pass an integration exam abroad while others are allowed to take lessons and the exam in the Netherlands. People from so-called western countries, such as the US, Japan and South Korea, can take the exams once they …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister

Dutch News

A judge in Haarlem has told junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to explain why some immigrants are required by law to pass an integration exam abroad while others are allowed to take lessons and the exam in the Netherlands. People from so-called western countries, such as the US, Japan and South Korea, can take the exams once they …

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1 year, 11 months ago

80% of NL residents worried about daily costs of living: Eurobarometer

NL Times

The rising cost of living is the biggest concern for 81 percent of the Dutch population. Eighty percent of the Dutch are also concerned about climate change, and 62 percent are worried about the possible spread of the war in Ukraine to other countries, according to a poll by the European Parliament. The Eurobarometer, which surveyed residents of all 27 …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brexit: Rise in Britons renouncing UK citizenship since vote to leave EU

The Independent

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2 years ago

UK post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens unlawful: Court

Al Jazeera

The High Court says Britain is breaching the deal by requiring EU citizens to reapply for the right to live and work. The British government’s post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens is unlawful, London’s High Court has ruled. ‘Wrong in law’ Judge Peter Lane on Wednesday ruled the British government’s interpretation of the withdrawal agreement was “wrong in law” and …

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2 years ago

Over a quarter of Dutch are keen to work abroad

Dutch News

More than a quarter of Dutch citizens are considering working abroad at some point in the future, well above the EU average, a new EU-wide survey has shown. In total, 27% of Dutch respondents said they could envisage working outside the Netherlands compared to an EU average of 18%. But only 42% of Dutch nationals who would like to work …

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2 years ago

Over a quarter of Dutch are keen to work abroad

Dutch News

More than a quarter of Dutch citizens are considering working abroad at some point in the future, well above the EU average, a new EU-wide survey has shown. In total, 27% of Dutch respondents said they could envisage working outside the Netherlands compared to an EU average of 18%. But only 42% of Dutch nationals who would like to work …

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2 years ago

Dutch state defends king Willem-Alexander in lawsuit over monarchy

Dutch News

The king himself was absent but his personal lawyer and legal counsel for the Dutch government appeared in a courtroom in The Hague on Wednesday to defend the monarchy against a lawsuit from republicans who claim the existence of a king violates fair trial rights. The group argues the king’s role in the legal system is at odds with the …

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2 years ago

Dutch state defends king Willem-Alexander in lawsuit over monarchy

Dutch News

The king himself was absent but his personal lawyer and legal counsel for the Dutch government appeared in a courtroom in The Hague on Wednesday to defend the monarchy against a lawsuit from republicans who claim the existence of a king violates fair trial rights. The group argues the king’s role in the legal system is at odds with the …

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2 years ago

King Willem Alexander summoned to court over “illegal” judicial powers

Dutch News

King Willem-Alexander has been summoned to court this week, for a lawsuit about what campaigners say is his illegal role and influence over the Dutch legal system. Republiek spokesman and former journalist Floris Müller, told Dutch News that ‘as democrats, we see that according to the law everyone is equal – except when you’re a king’. Portrait ‘Proceedings are not …

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2 years ago

King Willem Alexander summoned to court over “illegal” judicial powers

Dutch News

King Willem-Alexander has been summoned to court this week, for a lawsuit about what campaigners say is his illegal role and influence over the Dutch legal system. Republiek spokesman and former journalist Floris Müller, told Dutch News that ‘as democrats, we see that according to the law everyone is equal – except when you’re a king’. Portrait ‘Proceedings are not …

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2 years ago

Schengen: Dutch poised to say no to Bulgaria, yes to Romania

Dutch News

The Netherlands will support Romania and Croatia’s accession to the Schengen zone at next week’s meeting in Brussels but will say no to Bulgaria, ministers decided at Friday’s cabinet meeting. Prime minister Mark Rutte told a press conference on Friday afternoon that the decision not to support Bulgaria’s membership of Schengen is based on fact, and is not a political …

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2 years ago

Schengen: Dutch poised to say no to Bulgaria, yes to Romania

Dutch News

The Netherlands will support Romania and Croatia’s accession to the Schengen zone at next week’s meeting in Brussels but will say no to Bulgaria, ministers decided at Friday’s cabinet meeting. Prime minister Mark Rutte told a press conference on Friday afternoon that the decision not to support Bulgaria’s membership of Schengen is based on fact, and is not a political …

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British Expats in Netherlands Fight to Keep European Citizenship

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EU court says UK residents in EU nations can’t vote there

Some 4,000 British nationals in NL have still not sorted out their residency rights

Some 4,000 British nationals in NL have still not sorted out their residency rights

Dutch expats abroad gear up their campaign for dual nationality rights

Dutch expats abroad gear up their campaign for dual nationality rights

Europeans urged to sign petition campaigning for full voting rights

Europeans urged to sign petition campaigning for full voting rights

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Dutch may have rights to resume nationality after Brexit – but will Brits?

British Expats in the Netherlands Fight to Keep European Citizenship

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