The number of people applying for asylum in the Netherlands has been declining in recent months. The dip is striking. Normally, the influx peaks in the summer and early autumn. Why is that? A search for possible explanations leads to Iran.
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In the spring, around a thousand people applied for asylum every week. Over the last two weeks, the count has remained below six hundred, whereas the influx normally increases during the summer and early autumn. The cabinet points to its own laws, while the enforcement agencies remain remarkably silent...