Eric van der Burg

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DigiD app on a Google Pixel A4, 28 January 2024
Politics
Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
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The flags of the United States and the Netherlands fly over the entrance to the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam. 12 August 2020
Business
Strong reactions after Netherlands blocks US takeover of Solvinity, DigiD operator
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Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond, Washington
Politics
Microsoft accused of leaking Dutch civil servants' names to U.S. government
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DigiD app on a Google Pixel A4, 28 January 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch cabinet extends DigiD contractor contract despite U.S. takeover concerns
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Eric van der Burg
Politics
VVD MP Van der Brug admits to shouting vulgarities at NSC staffers in Gaza debate
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The National Monument of Dutch Slavery Past in Amsterdam's Oosterpark
Politics
Gov't talking with employers about making slavery commemoration a public holiday
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Asylum minister Marjolein Faber fielding questions on the asylum laws during the asylum and migration debate in the Tweede Kamer, May 28, 2025.
Politics
Asylum minister Marjolein Faber lashes out at coalition parties NSC and VVD
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
Politics
Dozens of municipalities fed up with Dutch gov't could open their own asylum reception
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Femke Halsema
Politics
Mayor pleads with Minister to reconsider Amsterdam boy's deportation to Armenia
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Politics
Amsterdam-born boy, 11, will be deported to Armenia, Council of State rules
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Dick Schoof (middle) with Joe Biden (left) and Jens Stoltenberg (right) at a NATO summit in Washington D.C., United States. 11 July 2024
Politics
"Great respect" for Biden, Dutch PM says after withdrawal from U.S. presidential race
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Child holding a suitcase
Politics
Amsterdam-born boy, 11, facing deportation to Armenia over strict child asylum rules
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
"Unacceptable risk" of violence at Ter Apel; Asylum stop won't work, State Sec. says
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Afghan refugees on so-called Balkan route.
Politics
IND had figures on family reunification before election, far lower than Yeşilgöz claimed
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Red Cross tents at the asylum registration center in Ter Apel, 16 June 2022
Politics
Overcrowding at Dutch refugee shelters expected; Asylum seekers will sleep on the grass
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
Politics
New coalition scraps asylum distribution law, "sharply limits" family reunification
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Asylum seekers on Lesbos
Politics
Netherlands joins call to shetler intercepted asylum seekers in non-EU countries: report
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Eric van der Burg
Politics
Third-country nationals from Ukraine can stay for now, State Secretary says
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Empty beds in a shelter
Politics
Council of State asks EU court if NL can deport third-country nationals from Ukraine
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Smoke rising from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, 7 October 2023
Politics
Dutch gov't must process Palestinian asylum requests; Will keep exporting F-35 parts
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Formation parties could declare "asylum crisis" to enable more extreme measures: report
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GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans in a parliamentary debate on the Cabinet formation talks between PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, 29 March 2024
Politics
GL-PvdA might work with VVD, Timmermans says amid annoyance over another Wilders tweet
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Eric van der Burg
Politics
Relief that Wilders won't be Prime Minister, State Sec. says in asylum debate
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Empty beds in a shelter
Politics
Only few municipalities have evicted third-country nationals from shelters