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Penalty Payments for Asylum Seekers to Be Abolished: Large Majority of Senate Votes in Favor

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The Senate has approved by a large majority two asylum measures that had previously failed. As a result, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) will no longer have to pay penalty payments to asylum seekers who have to wait too long for a decision regarding their stay in the Netherlands. Furthermore, it will become easier to declare criminal asylum seekers 'undesirable' and deport them. This will henceforth be possible if they commit o…

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Asylum policy: The abolition was part of the Asylum Emergency Measures Act, which was voted down earlier. Minister for Asylum Bart van den Brink (CDA) wants the new…

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The Senate has approved by a large majority two asylum measures that had previously failed. As a result, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) will no longer have to pay penalty payments to asylum seekers who have to wait too long for a decision regarding their stay in the Netherlands. Furthermore, it will become easier to declare criminal asylum seekers 'undesirable' and deport them. This will henceforth be possible if they commit o…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Asylum seekers who have already been waiting too long for a decision on their residence status can no longer apply to the court for penalty payments. The First...

Basri Doğan | The Hague, TR724 The Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) has approved two bills regulating deportation and the detention of foreigners. The new regulations cover delays in the evaluation of asylum applications, the detention of foreigners for deportation, and measures against individuals deemed to threaten public order. One of the most debated articles of the laws concerns the Dutch Immigration […] The article "Dutch abolishes delay penalt…

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THE HAGUE (ANP) - Asylum seekers who have been waiting too long for a decision on their residence status can no longer apply to the court for penalty payments. The Senate has agreed to a proposal by Minister for Asylum Affairs Bart van den Brink. The CDA minister now wants to implement it within a week....

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Asylum legislation is becoming slightly stricter again, almost silently. The State no longer has to pay heavy fines to asylum seekers. And foreign nationals who do not leave voluntarily must await their forced deportation in jail.

·Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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NU broke the news in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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