New Dutch gov't expected to boost security spending; shorten asylum seeker residency
7 years, 5 months ago

New Dutch gov't expected to boost security spending; shorten asylum seeker residency

NL Times  

As the new Dutch government prepares to present its government agreement, more and more of the VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie's plans are leaking to the press. On Monday we've learned that the new government plans more changes to the asylum policy and is giving more money to security. As far as the asylum policy is concerned, the new government wants to limit the number of times an asylum seeker can re-apply for asylum in the Netherlands. After five years, asylum seekers who still meet all the requirements for refugee status, can apply for a residency permit that is valid for an indefinite period. Last week we already learned that the new government plans to offer immigrants, including asylum seekers, more help in the integration process, but restrict their access to welfare benefits.

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Netherlands pushing ahead with plan to send asylum seekers to Uganda
1 month, 1 week ago

Netherlands pushing ahead with plan to send asylum seekers to Uganda

NL Times  

The Dutch government will push through with its plan to send asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies to Uganda, the Ministries involved confirmed to NOS. The plan is quite controversial because it goes against European regulations against sending asylum seekers to a foreign country without their consent. The plan by plan by Ministers Reinette Klever for Foreign Trade …

Zuid-Holland warns 8 municipalities: Arrange asylum shelter, or we'll do it for you
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Zuid-Holland warns 8 municipalities: Arrange asylum shelter, or we'll do it for you

NL Times  

The province of Zuid-Holland has given eight municipalities, including The Hague and Leiden, a warning that if they do not house enough refugees with a temporary residence permit, then the province will do it for them and charge them for it. The government decides every six months how many residency permit holders need to be given shelter. The Hague was …

New asylum seeker laws could cost the immigration service up to €60 million annually
2 months, 1 week ago

New asylum seeker laws could cost the immigration service up to €60 million annually

NL Times  

The new asylum laws that are currently being developed are going to cost the Immigration and Naturalisation Service 25 to 60 million euros extra annually, the Minister of Asylum and Migration, Marjolein Faber, estimated. The group of asylum seekers who will be given fewer rights under the new laws will likely appeal this, and that will result in extra work …

Dutch offer Syrians €900 to return, in exchange for asylum claim
2 months, 1 week ago

Dutch offer Syrians €900 to return, in exchange for asylum claim

Dutch News  

Syrian refugees in the Netherlands who want to return to Syria following the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad are to receive €900 in cash and a ticket to Damascus if they give up their asylum claim, the justice ministry’s repatriation service DTenV has said on a designated website. The €900 cash return premium, meant to support returnees during the first …

IND paid asylum seekers €36.8m compensation for slow processing
2 months, 2 weeks ago

IND paid asylum seekers €36.8m compensation for slow processing

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service had to pay €36.8 million in compensation to refugees last year because it failed to assess their cases within the legal time frame. Asylum seekers receive €100 per day if the IND takes longer than 15 months to decide their case, up to a maximum of €7,500. Fewer refugees Last year, 32,180 people made their first …

Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The number of asylum requests made in the Netherlands fell sharply to almost 45,600 last year, Trouw reported on Tuesday. In 2023, 50,660 people requested asylum in the Netherlands, and in 2022, at the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic which shut down international travel, there were 48,600 requests. Family members applying to join people already granted refugee status in …

Asylum applications in Netherlands decline for first time in four years
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Asylum applications in Netherlands decline for first time in four years

NL Times  

The total number of asylum applications in the Netherlands dropped in 2024, marking the first decline in four years, according to figures released by the Ministry of Asylum and Migration, Trouw reports. The decline is not limited to new asylum seekers arriving at the reception center in Ter Apel but also includes family reunification requests, repeat asylum applications from individuals …

Dutch Cabinet pleased with new strict asylum measures; Plan set to go to Parliament
3 months, 1 week ago

Dutch Cabinet pleased with new strict asylum measures; Plan set to go to Parliament

NL Times  

The Dutch Cabinet has approved three asylum reform laws proposed by Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber. The proposed legislation includes the introduction of a two-tier system for asylum seekers, the elimination of permanent asylum permits, and stricter rules on family reunification. According to Faber, the measures aim to reduce the number of new asylum seekers and their families …

In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and state governors agree on new measures to curb migration
1 year, 4 months ago

In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and state governors agree on new measures to curb migration

The Hindu  

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the 16 state governors agreed on new and stricter measures to curb the high number of migrants flowing into the country, reaching a compromise on an issue that has become a huge political problem for the government and a hot-button topic in society. Some state governors had called for a new system of conducting asylum …

Asylum costs still out of control in the Netherlands after 28 years of warnings
2 years, 2 months ago

Asylum costs still out of control in the Netherlands after 28 years of warnings

NL Times  

The Dutch government has remained incapable of controlling the costs for the reception of asylum seekers because the system is constantly going through a cycle of being built up and broken down again, concluded the Court of Audit after an investigation. Moreover, State Secretary Eric van der Burg, who controls asylum policy for the Cabinet, and the Central Agency for …

Netherlands can deport Russians seeking asylum over forced military mobilization
2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands can deport Russians seeking asylum over forced military mobilization

NL Times  

Russian citizens who have fled to the Netherlands for fear of being mobilized in their home country no longer have a self-evident right to stay in the Netherlands, State Secretary Eric van der Burg announced on Wednesday. The Cabinet member in charge of asylum policy said the Dutch immigration service can process asylum applications from Russian people and reject them. …

Cabinet faces criticism from all sides at asylum debate
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet faces criticism from all sides at asylum debate

Dutch News  

Proposed plans by junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to limit family reunification to reduce asylum seeker numbers came under attack from all sides during a parliamentary debate on Thursday. Criticism Left-wing parties called the cabinet’s plans ‘inhumane.’ Denk leader Farid Azarkan called them a ‘dirty compromise’ that breaks international law. The European Directive for family reunification says having …

Cabinet faces criticism from all sides at asylum debate
2 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet faces criticism from all sides at asylum debate

Dutch News  

Proposed plans by junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to limit family reunification to reduce asylum seeker numbers came under attack from all sides during a parliamentary debate on Thursday. Criticism Left-wing parties called the cabinet’s plans ‘inhumane.’ Denk leader Farid Azarkan called them a ‘dirty compromise’ that breaks international law. The European Directive for family reunification says having …

Not enough money, manpower to handle asylum applications: Inspectorate
2 years, 10 months ago

Not enough money, manpower to handle asylum applications: Inspectorate

NL Times  

The Netherlands' Immigration and Naturalization Service does not have enough money or staff to always assess asylum applications properly, the Justice and Security Inspectorate said in a report on Tuesday. Employees' workload is too high, and the assessment of asylum application falls short on multiple points, partly due to a shortage of experienced employees, the Inspectorate said, NU.nl reports. Due …

Dutch extend deadline for British to apply for residency to October 1
3 years, 9 months ago

Dutch extend deadline for British to apply for residency to October 1

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is extending the deadline for British nationals to apply for a post Brexit residency permit, because more than 3,000 people who are registered as living here have not yet applied. Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol has decided to extend the June 30 deadline to October 1, to give the remaining British nationals more time to come forward. In …

Dutch extend deadline for British to apply for residency to October 1
3 years, 9 months ago

Dutch extend deadline for British to apply for residency to October 1

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is extending the deadline for British nationals to apply for a post Brexit residency permit, because more than 3,000 people who are registered as living here have not yet applied. Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol has decided to extend the June 30 deadline to October 1, to give the remaining British nationals more time to come forward. In …

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer
4 years, 2 months ago

Thousands of asylum seekers still waiting for an answer

NL Times  

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service still has to process 7,000 overdue asylum applications that should have been processed last year. In her letter, Broekers-Knol writes that “due to the large number of overdue asylum cases that have been are being handled in a relatively short period of time and the circumstance in which this happens – parallel to the …

Dutch immigration office too strict during asylum procedures: Amnesty International
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch immigration office too strict during asylum procedures: Amnesty International

NL Times  

The Dutch immigration and naturalization service IND is too strict when it comes to asylum seekers proving their identity and nationality, according to Amnesty International. According to Amnesty International, the IND is too inclined to give asylum seekers the "disadvantage of the doubt" when it comes to the credibility of their identity and origin. "The deportation process will then happen, …

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped
4 years, 6 months ago

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service IND has set aside €65.4m to compensate asylum seekers whose cases take too long to process this year, website Nu.nl reported on Thursday. Last year the IND handed out €6.6m to refugees whose applications for asylum took too long to deal with. In April, the government set up a special task force and charged it with …

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped
4 years, 6 months ago

Compensation for slow asylum procedures to top €65m, scheme has now been scrapped

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service IND has set aside €65.4m to compensate asylum seekers whose cases take too long to process this year, website Nu.nl reported on Thursday. Last year the IND handed out €6.6m to refugees whose applications for asylum took too long to deal with. In April, the government set up a special task force and charged it with …

Justice Min. wants asylum seekers to pay for long stays in shelters: report
5 years, 1 month ago

Justice Min. wants asylum seekers to pay for long stays in shelters: report

NL Times  

The Ministry of Justice and Security wants asylum seekers to pay for long-term stay in an asylum center. How much they will have to pay to the central agency for the reception of asylum seekers COA, will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Currently, asylum seekers are entitled to compensation if their asylum application is not processed within six months. …

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC
5 years, 9 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower …

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC
5 years, 9 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News  

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower …

Former asylum seekers should have easier route to Dutch nationality
7 years, 8 months ago

Former asylum seekers should have easier route to Dutch nationality

Dutch News  

Refugees who have gained the right to stay in the Netherlands should face fewer bureaucratic hurdles if they want a Dutch passport, the national ombudsman and children’s ombudsman have said. Around 27,000 people have been given leave to stay in the country since an amnesty was introduced for long-term asylum seekers, many of whom arrived in the country as children, …

Asylum applications almost halved in 2016 in wake of Turkey deal
8 years, 2 months ago

Asylum applications almost halved in 2016 in wake of Turkey deal

Dutch News  

The number of people seeking asylum in the Netherlands fell by 46% in 2016, according to the latest official figures. The immigration service IND said the fall from last year’s peak of 58,900 was in large part a result of the deal struck between the EU and Turkey during the Netherlands’ EU presidency, under which Turkey agreed to take in …

No more 'leaving premium' for Albanian asylum seekers: Dijkhoff
8 years, 6 months ago

No more 'leaving premium' for Albanian asylum seekers: Dijkhoff

Dutch News  

Albanians who are not granted asylum in the Netherlands will no longer get €200 per adult and €40 per child on leaving, reports the Volkskrant on Tuesday. ‘We must make it clear that it makes no sense to seek asylum here.’ He claimed that hundreds of Albanians, and also people from Serbia and the western Balkans, ask for asylum in …

Hundreds of asylum seekers fleeing the Netherlands
8 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of asylum seekers fleeing the Netherlands

NL Times  

Since November 2015, about 400 Syrian and Iraqi refugees have stated that they wish to leave the Netherlands. The majority of these refugees have still not started the asylum procedure, according to a report by BNR based on statistics from the repatriation and departure service in the Netherlands. John Van Tilburg, manager of INLIA, the interdenominational organization for asylum seekers …

Germany says "no" to asylum seekers sent back from Netherlands
8 years, 10 months ago

Germany says "no" to asylum seekers sent back from Netherlands

NL Times  

The Netherlands and Germany are clashing about the fate of 900 asylum seekers. The Netherlands wants to send these asylum seekers back to Germany, because that is where they were first registered. The Netherlands has about 2,000 asylum seekers that was first recorded in Eurodac, a system in which European countries register asylum seekers' fingerprints, in Germany. Since March Germany …

Cabinet approves €500 million for asylum seeker integration plans
8 years, 11 months ago

Cabinet approves €500 million for asylum seeker integration plans

NL Times  

The Dutch government is making 500 million euros available for the integration of asylum seekers who are given refugee status and allowed to stay in the Netherlands, Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs, Minister Ronald Plasterk of Home Affairs and chairman of the Association of Dutch Municipalities Jan van Zanen announced on Thursday, NU reports. Earlier on Thursday there were …

Amsterdam to aid asylum seekers in setting up businesses
8 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam to aid asylum seekers in setting up businesses

NL Times  

Amsterdam launched a rather controversial program in which the city is helping asylum seekers set up their own businesses, even if they do not have a residency permit yet. The first batch of asylum seekers started the program early this month, newspaper Trouw reports. Three quarters of asylum seekers currently living in emergency or asylum shelters will eventually be given …

Dutch cities to get €700 million for asylum seeker education, care
8 years, 11 months ago

Dutch cities to get €700 million for asylum seeker education, care

NL Times  

The Dutch government is giving municipalities 700 million euros extra this year and next year for asylum seeker integration. The money is intended to be used for education, language lessons and care for asylum seekers, NOS reports based on anonymous sources. Early this month Amsterdam launched a program that helps asylum seekers start their own businesses, whether or not they …

Big cities want more money to integrate refugees into Dutch society
8 years, 11 months ago

Big cities want more money to integrate refugees into Dutch society

Dutch News  

Officials in the four big Dutch cities are threatening to tear up the deal made with ministers on providing homes for refugees unless the government comes up with more cash. Eight aldermen in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam have written to finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem and home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk calling for hundreds of millions of euros in …

Refugees again expected to cost Dutch state €1.5bn
9 years ago

Refugees again expected to cost Dutch state €1.5bn

Dutch News  

Finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Wednesday he expects refugees to cost the Dutch state €1.5bn this year, according to public broadcaster NOS. The sum is based on a total of 58,000 refugees – a figure prime minister Mark Rutte also highlighted on Tuesday – and takes into account measures by the Dutch government and EU to reduce numbers. Earlier …

Refugees again expected to cost Dutch state €1.5bn
9 years ago

Refugees again expected to cost Dutch state €1.5bn

Dutch News  

Finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Wednesday he expects refugees to cost the Dutch state €1.5bn this year, according to public broadcaster NOS. The sum is based on a total of 58,000 refugees – a figure prime minister Mark Rutte also highlighted on Tuesday – and takes into account measures by the Dutch government and EU to reduce numbers. Earlier …

Rutte stands by 58,000 asylum seeker estimate; “Still too many”
9 years ago

Rutte stands by 58,000 asylum seeker estimate; “Still too many”

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte is sticking by his previous statement that the Dutch government expects no more than 58 thousand asylum seekers to arrive in the Netherlands this year. The government expects 58 thousand asylum seekers, but reception organization COA, the provinces and municipalities are working on the expectation that 93 thousand asylum seekers will need to be accommodated. According …

Report: Netherlands predicts 94,000 new asylum seekers in 2016
9 years, 1 month ago

Report: Netherlands predicts 94,000 new asylum seekers in 2016

NL Times  

Government agencies in the Netherlands are working on the expectation that nearly 100 thousand new asylum seekers will arrive in the country this year, despite Prime Minister Mark Rutte's insistence that at most 58 thousand asylum seekers are expected in 2016, NRC reports based on their own research. For that reason the government is working with the estimation that 58 …

Asylum seeker numbers fall again in January, down 25% on October
9 years, 1 month ago

Asylum seeker numbers fall again in January, down 25% on October

Dutch News  

Monthly asylum seeker numbers have dropped steadily since October 2015, according to the latest figures from the national statistics office CBS. Europe Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister and currently leading the country’s presidency of the EU, has put tackling migration top of the agenda. Last week Rutte said his approach was working, during a widely-reported press conference with Turkish …

Asylum seeker numbers fall again in January, down 25% on October
9 years, 1 month ago

Asylum seeker numbers fall again in January, down 25% on October

Dutch News  

Monthly asylum seeker numbers have dropped steadily since October 2015, according to the latest figures from the national statistics office CBS. Europe Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister and currently leading the country’s presidency of the EU, has put tackling migration top of the agenda. Last week Rutte said his approach was working, during a widely-reported press conference with Turkish …

Dutch now warn asylum seekers they may have to pay for their keep
9 years, 1 month ago

Dutch now warn asylum seekers they may have to pay for their keep

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Klaas Dijkhoff has taken another step in discouraging asylum seekers from coming to the Netherlands, this time warning them in a letter that they may have to pay towards their keep. ‘It is possible you will be required to make a contribution to the costs of your reception.’ Earlier this year it emerged that the Dutch government …

Dutch now warn asylum seekers they may have to pay for their keep
9 years, 1 month ago

Dutch now warn asylum seekers they may have to pay for their keep

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Klaas Dijkhoff has taken another step in discouraging asylum seekers from coming to the Netherlands, this time warning them in a letter that they may have to pay towards their keep. ‘It is possible you will be required to make a contribution to the costs of your reception.’ Earlier this year it emerged that the Dutch government …

Dutch charged asylum seekers €700,000 in four years for living expenses
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch charged asylum seekers €700,000 in four years for living expenses

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has claimed more than €700,000 from asylum seekers in the last four years in contributions towards their living costs. Earnings The Regulation for Personal Contributions by Asylum Seekers allows the state to charge asylum seekers for their food and living costs – €196 a month – if they earn more than €185 a week. Asylum seekers are …

Dutch charged asylum seekers €700,000 in four years for living expenses
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch charged asylum seekers €700,000 in four years for living expenses

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has claimed more than €700,000 from asylum seekers in the last four years in contributions towards their living costs. Earnings The Regulation for Personal Contributions by Asylum Seekers allows the state to charge asylum seekers for their food and living costs – €196 a month – if they earn more than €185 a week. Asylum seekers are …

Netherlands takes first 50 asylum seekers in EU redistribution plan
9 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands takes first 50 asylum seekers in EU redistribution plan

NL Times  

The first asylum seekers in the European Union refugee redistribution plan are heading from Italy towards the Netherlands. Last year the European leaders decided to redistribute 160 thousand asylum seekers over the EU member states to offer some relief to Italy and Greece. In the redistribution plan, the Netherlands must offer shelter to 9 thousand redistributed asylum seekers. The press …

Dutch trade residency for foreign investments over €1.25 million
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch trade residency for foreign investments over €1.25 million

NL Times  

State Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff is amending the scheme which gives foreign investors a residency permit for the Netherlands if they invest at least 1.25 million euros into Dutch companies. The first amendment is that the residency permit given to foreign investors will be valid for three years, instead of only one year. The Immigration and Naturalization Department will still check …

No residency for asylum seekers sentenced to six months in jail
9 years, 2 months ago

No residency for asylum seekers sentenced to six months in jail

NL Times  

The Dutch government plans to implement stricter rules for dealing with asylum seekers convicted of a crime next month. The biggest change Justice State Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff has planned, is refusal or retraction of a residency permit if an asylum seeker is sentenced to six to 10 months in prison, Trouw reports. With the new rules Dijkhoff hopes to make …

Refugees in the Netherlands must adapt to Dutch ways: prime minister
9 years, 2 months ago

Refugees in the Netherlands must adapt to Dutch ways: prime minister

Dutch News  

Asylum seekers who settle in the Netherlands must conform to Dutch standards, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Friday in response to questions about the New Year sexual assaults in Cologne. And he said he understood that some people are concerned about the impact of so many asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands ‘I do not hold the asylum seekers …

Refugees in the Netherlands must adapt to Dutch ways: prime minister
9 years, 2 months ago

Refugees in the Netherlands must adapt to Dutch ways: prime minister

Dutch News  

Asylum seekers who settle in the Netherlands must conform to Dutch standards, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Friday in response to questions about the New Year sexual assaults in Cologne. And he said he understood that some people are concerned about the impact of so many asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands ‘I do not hold the asylum seekers …

Netherlands expects 70,000 asylum cases in 2016
9 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands expects 70,000 asylum cases in 2016

NL Times  

A total of 70 thousand asylum seekers are expected in the Netherlands next year, according to Statistics Netherlands. As the number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands next year is uncertain, it is difficult to forecast the population growth in the Netherlands with certainty, according to Statistics Netherlands. A total of 173 thousand births are expected and 148 deaths, …

Dutch PM: EU states blocking asylum placement must be penalized
9 years, 3 months ago

Dutch PM: EU states blocking asylum placement must be penalized

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants to impose financial penalty on the Eastern European EU member states which are frustrating the equal redistribution of asylum seekers across the European Union, Trouw reports. He is adopting the proposal of VVD parliamentarian Bas van 't Wout and PvdA parliamentarian Marit Maij for sanctions against Member States who oppose the redistribution, according to the …

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