Title: Dutch Government Criticized for Eroding Public Support for Asylum Seekers
Summary: Amsterdam alderman Marjolein Moorman has accused the Dutch government of deliberately chipping away at public support for asylum seekers. The national budget and King’s Budget Day speech were criticized for prioritizing a grip on migration and severely restricting the number of people who can seek safety in the Netherlands. The government has already announced that it would stop funding bed-bath-and-bread shelters in five large cities for asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies. Moorman said that the government’s policy is causing people to live on the streets, which leads to nuisance and removes the support base. She also criticized the government’s plan to scrap the asylum distribution law, which is intended to relieve pressure on Ter Apel, the asylum registration center that has been structurally overcrowded for two years.
Sources:
1. NL Times. Dutch gov’t is deliberately chipping away at public support for asylum: A’dam alderman. September 18, 2024. https://nltimes.nl/2024/09/18/dutch-govt-deliberately-chipping-away-public-support-asylum-adam-alderman
2. AT5. Marjolein Moorman over vluchtelingenbeleid: ‘Soms heeft het wel iets cynisch.’ September 18, 2024. https://www.at5.nl/artikel/125846/marjolein-moorman-over-vluchtelingenbeleid-soms-heeft-het-wel-wat-cynisch
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