refugee

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Waitress offering Zilveren Kruis sunscreen to people on a terrace
Business
More new refugees finding their way on Dutch labor market
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A woman walks by two homes for sale on the Javastraat in Amsterdam-Oost in July 2023.
Business
More young adults forced to live with parents amid housing shortage
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The Silja Europa, a cruise ship that was scheduled to house 1,000 asylum seekers in Velsen-Noord. 16 Oct. 2013
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Doctors warn children on Rotterdam asylum ship face risk of lasting developmental harm
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Lighting a candle.
Health
Dutch aid worker Pieter Wittenberg, known for helping refugees on Lesbos, dies at 78
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
Politics
Netherlands rejected 56% more asylum applications in 2025
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Cleaning trolley in a hotel hallway
CrimeBusiness
Labor Inspectorate investigating Arnhem hotel for exploiting asylum seekers, Ukrainians
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Polyamorous relationship
Politics
463 Netherlands residents in polygamous marriages, despite bigamy being illegal
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Dutch aid worker acquitted of people smuggling for helping asylum seekers on Lesbos
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Bunk beds
Politics
Human dignity at risk in Dutch shelters for Ukrainian refugees: Ombudsmen
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Business
Nearly 8% of social housing units allocated to refugees in 2023
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Politics
Banning cities from giving refugees housing priority is discriminating: Council of State
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
Politics
Dutch government's first chartered flight returns 84 Syrain refugees to Damascus
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Bunk beds
Crime
Sexual violence: Women and children unsafe in crowded shelters for Ukrainian refugees
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
Politics
Banning cities from prioritizing refugees in housing is discriminatory, Minister says
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Mona Keijzer
Politics
Parliament adopts housing law that stops refugees' priority for social rentals
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People taking part in the "Night of the Refugees"
PoliticsCulture
Record 8,000 join Night of the Refugees walk, raising €1.6 million
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A crowded Leidsestraat in Amsterdam
Health
Dutch population still growing solely through migration
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Child playing with chalk
Business
Nearly 20,000 kids did not attend school last academic year
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The Silja Europa, a cruise ship that was scheduled to house 1,000 asylum seekers in Velsen-Noord. 16 Oct. 2013
HealthPolitics
Cruiseship refugee shelter "pressure cooker" of violence; Move kids, women, doctors plea
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Plan to scrap refugees’ priority for social housing will cost gov’t millions
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Mona Keijzer
Politics
Dutch gov't scraps refugee priority for social housing
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A memorial in Zaandam for Venezuelan refugee William Caseres, also known in the drag community as "Alyssa", who was found killed. 27 Jan. 2025
Crime
Venezuelan drag queen, 35, murdered in Zaandam; Motive not yet known
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
Politics
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
Politics
Dutch gov't offering Syrians €900 to return to Damascus and not come back