asylum seeker

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A firefighter prepares a hose.
Crime
Video: Fire at asylum shelter for children in Limburg town; Police suspect arson
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Bart van den Brink
Politics
Italy agrees to start taking asylum seekers back from the Netherlands from next week
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Pregnant woman thrown to ground at Zeist asylum shelter was trying to ask cop a question
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Aerial photo of the Museumplein in Amsterdam
Politics
Over 900-meter-long dinner table set up in Amsterdam to support asylum seekers
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Cleaner
Politics
Number of undocumented people in Netherlands vastly underestimated
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Red Cross volunteers speaking with people arriving at the asylum registration center in Ter Apel, May 2026
Politics
Ter Apel asylum shelter will soon turn kids away, Red Cross warns as temps rise to 32°C
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An asylum shelter in Zeewolde
Politics
Asylum Min. demands answers from municipalities with no, too few asylum shelters
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Gidi Markuszower at an anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht, 6 May 2026
CrimePolitics
Charges pressed against far-right MP for suggesting violence against Palestinians
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Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber after a debate in Parliament on a vote of no-confidence against her. 2 April 2025
Politics
Officials doubted substantiation for PVV Minister's asylum emergency
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
Crime
Video: Rioters start fire at Loosdrecht asylum shelter with 15 asylum seekers inside
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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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Gidi Markuszower at an anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht, 6 May 2026
Politics
Anti-asylum protesters block highway in Den Bosch; Right-wing MP's join Loosdrecht march
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Police officers
Crime
Video: Anti-asylum protesters block traffic, throw fireworks at cops in Apeldoorn
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A crowded Leidsestraat in Amsterdam
PoliticsCultureLifestyle
Sharp dip in Dutch population growth due to less immigration; Asylum requests picking up
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Video: Vandals smash windows at Loosdrecht town hall, to be used as asylum shelter
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
Crime
YouTube prank caller’s channel goes offline after prank call linked to fatal shooting
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
Crime
YouTuber admits to prank call that resulted in fatal shooting of Syrian teens
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Arrest: Police officer handcuffing a suspect with a police car in the background
CrimePolitics
Video: Cop hurt in third violent anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht in as many days
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
CrimePolitics
Two arrests at second violent anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht in two days
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Asylum and Immigration Minister Bart van den Brink (CDA) after the Dutch Senate voted down a package of stricter asylum measures. 21 Apr. 2026
Politics
Dutch Senate shoots down stricter asylum law, but approves two status system
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Riot police
Politics
Anti-asylum protesters throw fireworks, eggs at cops in Loosdrecht; Riot police deployed
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Syrian on trial for torture as Assad-regime soldier says case is "fabricated"
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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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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Politics
Resistance to asylum shelters led to far-right gains in municipal elections