Learn more

The Netherlands is moving to tighten the law on asylum-seeking and also plans to introduce border controls in November, but the asylum crisis pushed for by right-wing leader Geert Wilders will not be declared. Wilders, whose party emerged as the largest in the November 2023 elections, made the announcement on X on Wednesday. No use would be made of emergency legislation “but stricter asylum measures with urgency. Really happy with that,” Wilders posted on X. The heads of the four coalition partners had earlier expressed approval of the package hammered out in The Hague, averting a possible gov…

cuu