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The year in review: A summary of NL Times' biggest stories in 2024
2 weeks ago

The year in review: A summary of NL Times' biggest stories in 2024

NL Times  

The big stories in the Netherlands this year spread over a range of topics. Klein’s treatment resulted in the Netherlands dithering about sending a contestant to Eurovision next year, but broadcaster AVROTROS ultimately decided to compete. Klein also dominated Netherlands residents’ Google searches this year, with the performer making it into the top 5 of nearly every category in Google’s …

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Netherlands freezes Syrian asylum application decisions for six months
1 month ago

Netherlands freezes Syrian asylum application decisions for six months

NL Times  

The Dutch Cabinet is imposing a six-month freeze on decisions regarding Syrians who have applied for asylum in the Netherlands, said Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. Due to the fall of the Assad regime, there is too much uncertainty about the situation in the country to carefully assess asylum applications, Faber told …

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Court: Netherlands rightly refused asylum to Syrian who repeatedly visited home country
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Court: Netherlands rightly refused asylum to Syrian who repeatedly visited home country

NL Times  

The Netherlands rightly rejected the asylum application of a woman who traveled back and forth to Syria at least six times, the Council of State ruled on Wednesday. The Syrian woman left her country of origin for Egypt in 2013, and has traveled back and forth between Egypt and Syria at least six times since then. In making this decision, …

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Give Afghans who helped the Netherlands asylum, ambassador says as Taliban advances
3 years, 4 months ago

Give Afghans who helped the Netherlands asylum, ambassador says as Taliban advances

NL Times  

While the Dutch military was in Afghanistan, they engaged 273 Afghans as interpreters. They now need the help of the Netherlands in the form of asylum, Afghan ambassador in the Netherlands Mohammad Asif Rahimi said to Nieuwsuur on Friday. “Everything is being done in the Dutch embassy in Kabul to help our employees, interpreters, their relatives and direct family”, Minister …

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Dutch won't deport anyone to Afghanistan for six months: minister
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch won't deport anyone to Afghanistan for six months: minister

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will not deport asylum seekers to Afghanistan for at least the next six months, junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol told MPs on Wednesday. The letter, also signed by Denmark and Austria, said that ‘stopping returns sends the wrong signal and is likely to motivate even more Afghan citizens to leave their homes for the EU’. Refugee organisation Vluchtelingwerk …

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Many more people smugglers arrested in 2020 than 2019
3 years, 8 months ago

Many more people smugglers arrested in 2020 than 2019

NL Times  

The Marechaussee arrested 123 suspected people-smugglers last year, which is an increase of 40% compared to 2019, NOS reported. Most people smugglers were arrested in the vicinity of the Ter Apel reception center for people seeking asylum. We hear stories that some people have paid five to ten thousand euros to be taken to the sidewalk at the asylum seekers' …

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1,600 children missing from Dutch asylum shelters: report
5 years, 7 months ago

1,600 children missing from Dutch asylum shelters: report

NL Times  

Over 1,600 children disappeared from asylum centers in the Netherlands over the past 4.5 years, NRC reports based on figures from the central agency for the reception of asylum seekers COA and Nidos, the organization that has custody of all unaccompanied foreign minors in the Netherlands. Earlier this year the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking Herman Bolhaar called on the …

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