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A protest against a proposed asylum seeker shelter in Molenlanden turned violent Tuesday evening, with demonstrators setting off fireworks near the municipal building in Bleskensgraaf, 24 February 2025
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Protesters threw rocks, glass at cops during anti-asylum protest in Zuid-Holland town
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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One in six new local parties in municipal elections against opening asylum shelters
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A billboard reminding Amsterdam residents to vote in the European Parliament election and a city referendum on green space on 6 June 2024. Photo taken in Amsterdam Oost on 6 May 2024
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Housing, immigration, and climate top concerns for Amsterdam voters ahead of elections
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The GroenLinks-PvdA delegation in the parliamentary debate on the national budget, 17 September 2025
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Border checks, burqa ban, and Gaza kids: Over 60 motions filed on budget
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
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Asylum reception agency asks provinces to provide 2,600 emergency shelters
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
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Asylum distribution law created more shelters; Far-right leaders joining Helmond protest
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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Lack of structural funding making asylum reception unnecessarily expensive: COA
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Netherlands missed asylum shelter target by 27%, creating 73,000 spaces in total
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Two-thirds of Dutch municipalities missing asylum distribution law deadline
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Two women at an asylum reception center
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Increase in work permits for asylum seekers amid rising labor market demand
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Edith Schippers
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VVD Senator Edith Schippers will resign to become CEO at pharma firm Mosadex
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Empty beds in a shelter
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Asylum seekers have slept in emergency night shelters 60,000 times since last December
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Minister Marjolein Faber of Asylum and Migration signing a letter asking the European Commission to give the Netherlands an opt-out on EU asylum policy, 18 September 2024
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Asylum distribution law won't be dropped this year despite prior promise, says minister
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
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Provinces submit plans for asylum centers, but law might be repealed
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PVV leader Geert Wilders during a contentious question time session in the Tweede Kamer about asylum policy and policing. 23 June 2023
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Over half of Dutch pleased with government's asylum plans
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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Asylum distribution law effective: Most municipalities planning shelters
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Undated photo of the emergency asylum center on Baanstee-Noord in Purmerend
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Coalition agrees to ditch asylum crisis in favor of other measures
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Refugee orgs., others invovled very critical of Dutch government's leaked asylum plans
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
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100 municipalities create new facilities for asylum seekers despite distribution law
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Koen Schuiling
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Groningen mayor steps down early; Exhausted from dealing with Ter Apel, gas extraction
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Minister Faber blames COA for overcrowded Ter Apel reception center
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Empty beds in a shelter
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Closure of Utrecht facility puts Ukrainian refugees at risk of human trafficking
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
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Westerwolde preparing new case against overcrowded asylum center in Ter Apel
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Rotterdam City Hall
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Rotterdam city hall daubed with red paint; Anti-asylum graffiti in Twenterand