Critical Reactions to Adopted Asylum Laws: 'Unfeasible', 'Symbolic Politics', 'Harmful to Society'

Tagesschau

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The government coalition in the Netherlands broke the dispute over stricter asy laws in June. But now a tightening of the laws has taken the first hurdle. According to lawyers and asylum authorities, however, the laws are legally doubtful.

Algemeen Dagblad

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Social organizations have responded critically to the asylum laws adopted by the Lower House on Thursday evening. The Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) is "extremely disappointed" and speaks of the "unfeasibility" of the laws. Asylum lawyers fear "more chaos" and that asylum procedures will get bogged down. Refugee organizations call the laws "symbolic politics" and "harmful to society".

NOS

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Social organizations and municipalities react critically and with concern to the approval of the Lower House of the stricter asylum laws. The Association of Dutch Municipalities states that it is "extremely disappointed". The VNG says that it will try to "convince the Upper House of the unfeasibility". The laws are said to be partly legally untenable and "have undesirable consequences for the implementation at local level". This specifically con…

Spiegel

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In the dispute over migration policy, the Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders broke the coalition. In parliament, his party is still making two legislative proposals on asylum law a success.

NRC Handelsblad

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The Lower House was in a crisis mood all day on Thursday because NSC and the SGP could not live with an adopted amendment by the PVV. After a promise by caretaker minister Van Weel (Asylum, VVD) there was a majority for the ‘asylum emergency measures law’.

rd.nl

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A majority of 94 members of the Lower House voted in favour of the Asylum Emergency Measures Act after an evening in which the NSC and SGP factions remained undecided until the very end. The parties had great difficulty with the PVV amendment on the criminalisation of illegality, because they feared that humanitarian aid to illegals would become punishable as a result.