National Ombudsman

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Dutch soldiers patrol the area around Camp Marmal in Afghanistan, March 2021
Politics
Dutch gov't cannot go back on promise to help Afghan security guards, Ombudsman says
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Asylum seekers sleep outside the asylum application center in Ter Apel, August 2022
Politics
Gov't "inappropriately" took aid goods off asylum seekers in Ter Apel crisis: Ombudsman
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Gavel
CrimePolitics
Ombudsman investigating Dutch government’s terrorism watch list
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Informal care
CrimePoliticsBusiness
Government essentially forcing people to commit fraud: Ombudsman
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The provincial flag of Groningen flies in Winschoten with a seismogram printed on it in protest of gas extraction and the resultant earthquakes. 20 Sept. 2019
Politics
Dutch gov't barely learning from major scandals, ignoring victims' needs: Ombudsman
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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
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Moving
Politics
Dutch gov't failing to protect families who get evicted: Ombudsmen
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The Torentje, the main office of the Prime Minister, in The Hague.
Politics
Dutch government has failed the people, says National Ombudsman in scathing interview
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Teenagers using their smartphones on a bench in Amsterdam
Business
Money worries increasingly affecting young people in Netherlands
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Young woman in a wheelchair
HealthPolitics
Bureaucracy a big burden for young people with disabilities: National Ombudsman
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Dutch passport
Business
Former students with overdue loans can't get passport renewals
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People working with tax office administrators at a Belastingdienst location in the Netherlands. 16 Jan. 2013
Business
Tax office hard to reach by phone; Waiting times up to an hour
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Belastingdienst Amsterdam
Politics
Cabinet too slow in compensating parents hurt by child benefits scandal, says ombudsman
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A coronavirus protest at Museumplein in Amsterdam. 2 January 2022
Crime
Discrimination complaints against Dutch gov't more than doubled
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Bunk beds
Business
Refugees at risk of financial problems in Netherlands: Ombudsman
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Pink begonia at a tombstone
Weird
Ombudsman to investigate seance in Leusden cemetery
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Milieudefensie and Groningen residents dump fracking earthquake rubble in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague, 26 Oct 2017
Politics
Designate Groningen earthquakes a national crisis, Ombudsman says
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Working from home
Business
Some self-employed still missing out on Covid support: Ombudsman