US EditionA bill setting new limits on asylum-seekers passes in the Dutch parliament
- The Dutch House of Representatives passed a bill on 3 July 2025 tightening asylum rules, restricting residency and family reunification rights.
- This legislation followed the collapse of the coalition led by Geert Wilders' Freedom Party, caused by deep disputes over asylum policy.
- The bill reduces temporary asylum permits from five to three years, halts new permits indefinitely, and criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants.
- The criminalization clause passed narrowly due to some opposition MPs' absence, and between 23,000 and 58,000 undocumented people are estimated to live in the Netherlands.
- The legislation now faces debate in the Senate after summer recess and could be sent back to the lower house if rejected, while migration dominates the snap election on 29 October.
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In the House of Deputies, the amendment of the law found a majority, but the Christian Democrats reject it. Thus, it is unclear whether the Senate also agrees – and the next government puts the law into effect.
The Dutch Parliament in The Hague has agreed to tightening the right of asylum.
Victory for Wilders as Dutch Parliament Passes Tough Asylum Laws
The leader of the right-wing nationalist Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders, achieved a major political victory on Friday, July 4th, as the Dutch lower house approved two sweeping bills targeting asylum policy. The legislation, central to the PVV’s agenda, reduces temporary asylum residency from five to three years, halts new asylum residency permits indefinitely, and curtails family reunification for recognised refugees. A last-minute amend…
Dutch parliament passes bill setting new limits on asylum-seekers
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A pair of bills cracking down on asylum-seekers wishing to settle in the Netherlands has passed in the Dutch parliament after wrangling and soul-searching by some lawmakers who feared the law would criminalize offering compassionate help to undocumented migrants. The legislation cuts temporary asylum residency from five to three years, indefinitely suspends the issuance of new asylum residency permits and reins in family…
After days of chaos, the Dutch parliament, the House of Representatives, has approved two laws for a stricter asylum policy. The laws were made by former Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber (PVV) and are intended to introduce "the strictest asylum policy ever" in the Netherlands. But with the elections this fall in sight, the political profiling seems at least as heavy as the content.
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