Asylum distribution law will likely only be scrapped at the end of 2026

Distribution Act: Even after the law is abolished, Faber wants municipalities and provinces to distribute the necessary shelter places among themselves. Only from ‘duty’ and…

The much-discussed law that allows asylum reception to be enforced will only be repealed next year. This is what asylum minister Marjolein Faber (PVV) tells the House of Representatives. PVV leader Geert Wilders wants the law off the table immediately. Interest groups, on the other hand, are happy with the delay and hope that it will lead to a reprieve.

The cabinet wants to withdraw the distribution law, which regulates the distribution of asylum seekers across the country, "preferably" only at the end of next year.

Asylum distribution law will likely only be scrapped at the end of 2026

The Asylum Distribution Law will likely only be scrapped at the end of next year. The government wants to “preferably” withdraw the law that regulates the distribution of asylum seekers across the country at the end of the law’s first two-year cycle, the Cabinet said in an outline document that is available for consultation. The Netherlands received 2,762 applications for asylum during the first quarter of the year, a decrease of 66 percent, wit…