Ministry of Asylum and Migration

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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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More municipalities scrapping asylum center plans over resistance from locals
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PVV MP Marjolein Faber during a debate on the Ministry of Justice and Security budget. 7 February 2024
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Asylum Min. wants to monitor troublemakers amid tensions over critical Council of State
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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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Syrian asylum applications remain high despite Assad's fall
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
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First group of Syrians have returned to the country with the aid of the Dutch government
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
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Council for the Judiciary urges PVV Minister not to submit her asylum bills
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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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Dutch gov't offering Syrians €900 to return to Damascus and not come back
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
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Cabinet has plans to eventually force Syrian asylum seekers to return to their country 
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PVV politician Marjolein Faber during hearings on her candidacy for minister of asylum and immigration. 24 June 2024
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Council of State has "great concerns" about Asylum Minister's plans
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
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Netherlands freezes Syrian asylum application decisions for six months
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Official sign on the Dutch-German border
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Netherlands starts six months of extra border controls
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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
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Lawyers raise alarms over asylum minister's rush to push out new legislation
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Official sign on the Dutch-German border
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Dutch border checks begin on Monday: Decision criticized by dozens of mayors, experts
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The border between Leende, the Netherlands and Hamont-Achel, Belgium. Undated
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Netherlands' new border controls will be largely unmanned due to capacity issues
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Koninklijke Marechaussee officers at Eindhoven Airport
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Dutch border controls to resume with limited resources
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Mohammed Khatib
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Banned Palestinian activist to speak at Wageningen protest via video call
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Two women at an asylum reception center
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Overcrowding strains Schiphol Asylum facility amid migrant surge
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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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Maternity care for asylum seekers "unacceptably" poor researchers say
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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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Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber contradicts herself about the readiness of her legal argument to declare an asylum emergency. 15 October 2024
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Asylum Minister accused of ignorance, wishful thinking as she brushes MP concerns aside
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
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Minister pledges to restore shelter budget cuts if asylum figures stabilize, increase
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
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Concerns about asylum budget cuts as immigration service's waiting lists grow
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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 agency could face fines up to €5 million for overcrowding at Ter Apel center
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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
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Asylum Min. working with skeleton crew; Only 1 spokesperson left, no political assistant
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Mohammed Khatib
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Netherlands bans Palestinian activist Mohammed Khatib from entering the country