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Margrite Kalverboer

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LGBT flags in Amsterdam.
HealthBusiness
Queer children less safe in Dutch society, Children’s Ombudsman warns
13 December 2025 - 07:15
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Bunk beds
Politics
Human dignity at risk in Dutch shelters for Ukrainian refugees: Ombudsmen
9 December 2025 - 22:00
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Shopping street Beurstraverse in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Politics
Dutch ombudsmen criticize the government for ignoring civilians' needs
20 June 2025 - 22:00
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Young boy using a smartphone
PoliticsTech
Children’s ombudsman pushing for age limit guideline for smartphones
7 June 2025 - 07:15
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Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber contradicts herself about the readiness of her legal argument to declare an asylum emergency. 15 October 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Cabinet agrees on strict asylum rules amid legal questions; Will cost €115 million extra
7 March 2025 - 17:27
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Teen girl using a tablet
Health
Teen girls least satisfied with their lives, especially online: Children's Ombudsman
20 November 2024 - 09:11
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Sad teenager indoors
Health
Parents and children have too little say in youth care: Ombudsmen
6 November 2024 - 10:20
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Crime
850 children missing from Dutch asylum shelters; Over 51,000 missing kids in Europe
1 May 2024 - 12:22
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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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Child playing with chalk
Politics
Report accuses Dutch government of ignoring children affected by bureaucratic conflict
12 September 2023 - 22:30
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Emergency asylum shelter degrading: Dutch Ombudsmen
27 June 2023 - 07:40
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Moving
Politics
Dutch gov't failing to protect families who get evicted: Ombudsmen
24 January 2023 - 09:45
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Smiling children
Health
Most Netherlands kids happy with life; 1 in 7 unhappy
17 November 2022 - 08:39
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Child asylum seekers in Greece
Politics
Cabinet's asylum plan violates children's rights: Children's Ombudsman
30 August 2022 - 10:50
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Margrite Kalverboer
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Student transportation must be improved: children's ombudswoman
15 May 2022 - 17:50
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King Willem-Alexander at an asylum center
Health
Children neglected at Ter Apel asylum center: Ombudsman
15 April 2022 - 14:30
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Empty classroom
Health
Closing schools again unfairly punishes kids: School leaders
25 November 2021 - 10:40
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Primary school child alone at school
Crime
Children's Ombudswoman wants to make bullying a crime
24 September 2021 - 08:09
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Face mask at school
Health
Children's Ombudsman joins call to reopen secondary school
17 February 2021 - 16:10
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Child playing with toy airplane
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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Child using a laptop
Health
Most NL kids very happy, even in Covid crisis
20 November 2020 - 12:50
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Kids raising their hands in class
Health
Kids with complex problems not getting enough help at school: Children's Ombudsman
24 September 2020 - 08:50
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Unhappy teenage girl
Health
Concerns over teens' well-being as Covid brought regular checkups to a halt
3 August 2020 - 08:15
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Coronavirus Covid-19
Health
Coronavirus kills another 175 pushing Dutch death toll over 1,000 mark
31 March 2020 - 14:02
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