In the media
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Luuk van Middelaar on EU Green Deal Industrial Plan 06 February 2023Following developments in the US, the EU has now also opened the door for large-scale State aid to its own sustainable industries. A means to curb Chi...
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Van der Leun and Rodrigues on the criminalisation of migrant aid 18 January 2023Aid workers being summoned to appear before a court in Greece and more stringent rules for rescue boats in Italy. Is providing aid to asylum seekers b...
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Mark Klaassen in Nieuwsuur on entry restriction for family members 07 December 2022Suspending family reunification of refugee status holders is illegal. That was the ruling of a Dutch court in a case brought by a Syrian woman with as...
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Limiting influx of asylum seekers is difficult 22 November 2022VVD party members last week voted in favour of the new distribution law, which could oblige municipalities to accommodate asylum seekers. This happene...
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Jorrit Rijpma on possible reform of Schengen Agreement 17 November 2022Europe's open borders are under pressure: Europe has an increasing number of Member States with governments calling for tighter border controls. Sever...
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Jorrit Rijpma: Curbing refugee flow almost impossible 08 November 2022
Once again, asylum policy is causing heightened tension in the Dutch Lower House. There was supposed to be an agreement on a new asylum law that could...
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Peter Rodrigues on discrimination and racism at the Rotterdam Police Department 31 October 2022Once again, excuses were offered by the Rotterdam Police Department following a racist incident, and a guarantee of better behaviour in future. The re...
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Mark Klaassen on the Dublin claim on Voice of America News 18 October 2022
The Dublin claim determines which country of the European Union is responsible for processing the asylum application of a particular asylum seeker. In...
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Asylum seekers from safe countries influence negative opinion 17 October 2022
The asylum seekers’ centres in Hengelo, Almelo and Schalkhaar caused little or no nuisance in recent years. There have been hardly any incidents, acco...
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'Court ruling is balancing act between legal review of rules and feasibility of reception of asylum applicants' 13 October 2022
According to a recent court ruling, the reception of asylum applicants in the Netherlands is not in line with European requirements. The Dutch Governm...
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Majority of requests to transfer asylum seekers to other EU countries lead to nothing 05 October 2022
Over eighty percent of all Dutch requests to send asylum seekers back to the country where they should have requested asylum lead to nothing. This is ...
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Mark Klaassen and Olaf van Vliet discuss European labour migrants in FD 04 October 2022The Netherlands cannot stop European labour migrants coming here. Nor does The Hague have much influence on the influx of asylum seekers. But experts ...
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Influence of European Union on 'our' national laws is increasing 19 September 2022How many of our laws in the Netherlands are actually determined by the European Union? In many areas, the influence of the EU has increased. But 80 pe...
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Jorrit Rijpma: Sending back asylum seekers is 'wishful thinking' 05 September 2022
In the asylum plan presented last week, the Dutch cabinet announced that it would focus more on the departure of ‘Dublin claimants’. In doing so, the ...
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Mark Klaassen: 'Cabinet acting contrary to Directive on family reunification' 30 August 2022
On Friday 26 August 2022, the Dutch cabinet presented its new asylum agreement. According to Assistant Professor Mark Klaassen, the new agreement is b...