National Ombudsman

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A crowded Leidsestraat in Amsterdam
Crime
More discrimination reports, most about Wilders; Anti-Semitism also "alarmingly" high
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Euros in a wallet
PoliticsBusiness
Government welfare savings plan faces backlash over impact on poorest residents
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Bunk beds
Politics
Human dignity at risk in Dutch shelters for Ukrainian refugees: Ombudsmen
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
Crime
Cops looked up climate protester's personal data hundreds of times: Ombudsman critical
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch ombudsman launches review of farmers’ struggles amid shifting government policies
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Data privacy
PoliticsBusiness
Ombudsman criticizes weak response to medical data breach affecting up to 850,000 women
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Paid parking sign in Amsterdam.
Business
Digital parking fines twice as likely to go unpaid, Ombudsman urges paper notices
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Shopping street Beurstraverse in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Politics
Dutch ombudsmen criticize the government for ignoring civilians' needs
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New police uniform
CrimePolitics
Ombudsman starts investigation into cops visiting protesters at home
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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
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Sad teenager indoors
Health
Parents and children have too little say in youth care: Ombudsmen
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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