Dutch Minister Rewrites Bill: Helping Undocumented Migrants Not a Crime

De Telegraaf

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Minister Van Weel confirmed to the Telegraaf camera that offering a cup of soup or similar assistance to undocumented immigrants should not be made a criminal offense under a new asylum law. Furthermore, undocumented residence in this country will remain a criminal offense. Van Weel hopes that the new asylum measures should be able to be passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. But the question remains: what will the PVV do next?

NRC Handelsblad

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Bill: The cabinet had intended to exempt only humanitarian aid to undocumented immigrants from criminal liability. But that is unfeasible…

rd.nl

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Assisting undocumented immigrants will not be a criminal offense. This is stipulated in a revision to the caretaker government's bill that will criminalize illegal residence in the Netherlands. This revision will likely secure a majority in the Senate.