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children's rights

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Children at a school canteen.
PoliticsBusiness
Children’s rights under pressure in the Netherlands; Teens fear war
8 October 2025 - 20:20
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Health
Dutch father defends isolated parenting after children found neglected in Italy
29 June 2025 - 19:45
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Crime
Dutch children found living in severe neglect in Italy, removed from parents by court
28 June 2025 - 08:45
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Undated photo of the emergency asylum center on Baanstee-Noord in Purmerend
Politics
A third of Dutch municipalities haven't taken in a single asylum seeker in years: report
15 January 2024 - 08:37
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Politics
Report accuses Dutch government of ignoring children affected by bureaucratic conflict
12 September 2023 - 22:30
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Politics
Netherlands does not have adequate shelter for 800 child asylum seekers right now
23 August 2023 - 12:40
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Politics
Netherlands drops 16 spots on Kids Rights rankings
26 June 2023 - 07:34
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Politics
Benefits scandal created a “vortex of misery” by removing children from their families
1 May 2023 - 18:00
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Kids of rejected asylum seekers unsafe in Dutch shelters; Hard to help them, Min. says
9 March 2023 - 08:08
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Politics
Dutch gov't failing to protect families who get evicted: Ombudsmen
24 January 2023 - 09:45
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Children play on a fountain in Amsterdam's Oosterpark. 12 Aug. 2022
HealthPolitics
Netherlands ranks 4th for children’s rights, despite air pollution, youth care waitlists
19 October 2022 - 09:01
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Immigration service violates children's rights when questioning young asylum seekers
25 August 2022 - 11:30
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Business
Dutch young people must stop volunteering in orphanages abroad: Children’s rights orgs
3 October 2021 - 08:00
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Politics
Children's rights a priority in only 5 parties' election programs
11 February 2021 - 13:30
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Politics
Change Covid rules so that parents abroad can see their kids in NL: Children's Ombudsman
16 December 2020 - 11:10
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Children in a refugee camp
Crime
Netherlands still holding child asylum seekers in detention centers: UNICEF
6 November 2019 - 11:39
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Politics
UN envoy begs Netherlands to bring back kids from Syria, Iraq
17 May 2019 - 10:20
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Children
Politics
Netherlands drops to 15th place on KidsRights Index; below Thailand, Tunisia
15 May 2017 - 08:47
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Health
Child advocate: Kids experience too much pressure at school
13 December 2016 - 08:58
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Politics
Advocates: Protect child asylum seekers from abuse, human trafficking
25 January 2016 - 15:50

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