Four-party government coalition fails to reach a deal on restricting immigration. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government on Friday collapsed after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, junior coalition partner Christian Union said, a move expected to trigger new elections in the autumn.
The crisis was triggered by a push by Mr Rutte’s conservative VVD party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to the Netherlands, which split his four-party government coalition when two parties refused to support his proposals. The Netherlands already has a one of Europe’s toughest immigration policies but under the pressure of right-wing parties, Mr Rutte had for months been trying to seek ways to further reduce the inflow of asylum seekers.Asylum applications in the Netherlands jumped by a third last year to over 46,000, and the government has projected they could increase to more than 70,000 this year - topping the previous high of 2015.
Mr Rutte last year said he felt “ashamed” of the problems, after humanitarian group Medecins sans Frontieres sent in a team to the Netherlands for the first time ever, to assist with migrants’ medical needs at the centre for processing asylum requests.
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