The cabinet has failed to reach an agreement on measures to reduce the asylum influx, several sources around the cabinet report. This brings an end to Cabinet Rutte IV.
This evening, most of the ministers involved held a final consultation at the Ministry of General Affairs. On the table was a final compromise proposal by State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum) for a so-called stop button.
At times when it is too busy in the asylum chain, such as last year when people were sleeping outside in Ter Apel, the right to family reunification for war refugees should be temporarily restricted. But that proposal found insufficient support from the other parties.
Crisis consultation
Last week there were several crisis consultations about the possibilities of limiting the asylum influx. Especially the VVD attaches great importance to this. Prime Minister Rutte promised his party that he would come up with proposals to reduce the influx.
Special cabinet meetings were regularly held on the broad topic of migration. The governing parties were able to agree on labor and knowledge migration, but asylum policy remained a divisive issue.
D66 and especially the Christian Union see the influx of asylum seekers much less as a problem. Party leader Mirjam Bikker said just this week that the ChristenUnie, as a “family party,” cannot agree to restrict the right to family reunification.
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The cabinet has failed to reach an agreement on measures to reduce the asylum influx, several sources around the cabinet report. This brings an end to Cabinet Rutte IV.
This evening, most of the ministers involved held a final consultation at the Ministry of General Affairs. On the table was a final compromise proposal by State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum) for a so-called stop button.
At times when it is too busy in the asylum chain, such as last year when people were sleeping outside in Ter Apel, the right to family reunification for war refugees should be temporarily restricted. But that proposal found insufficient support from the other parties.
Crisis consultation
Last week there were several crisis consultations about the possibilities of limiting the asylum influx. Especially the VVD attaches great importance to this. Prime Minister Rutte promised his party that he would come up with proposals to reduce the influx.
Special cabinet meetings were regularly held on the broad topic of migration. The governing parties were able to agree on labor and knowledge migration, but asylum policy remained a divisive issue.
D66 and especially the Christian Union see the influx of asylum seekers much less as a problem. Party leader Mirjam Bikker said just this week that the ChristenUnie, as a “family party,” cannot agree to restrict the right to family reunification.
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