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What’s all the fuss about immigration in the Netherlands?
2023年7月12日 · Highly skilled migrants have to meet strict rules on salary, earning at least €36,000 if under the age of 30 and €50,000 if older. The CBS says that at the end of 2021, 87,000 “labour migrants” from outside the EU and Efta were working in the Netherlands, and 46% of them were on highly skilled visa schemes. A further 11% were working as scientific researchers.
Dutch expats urge government to modernise passport system
6 天之前 · Expats are urging the government to make the issue a priority ahead of the annual ambassadors’ conference in The Hague, which begins on January 28.. Miranda Jansen, who lives near Milan, told AD she had tried three times in the last year to renew her passport when the Dutch embassy’s travelling roadshow came to Milan, in order to avoid a …
Dutch to slash English university courses, curb foreign students
2024年10月16日 · Some 20% of bachelor students come from abroad and this is leading to “ shortages of student accommodation, overcrowded lecture theatres and pressure on students, ” Bruins said.. At the same time, the minister said the major shortages on the Dutch labour market make it necessary to attract talented international students. More also needs to be done to encourage them to stay in the ...
Schoof cut short EU summit, Israeli minister heads for NL
2024年11月8日 · The fall-out from Thursday night’s attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam continued on Friday afternoon, with prime minister Dick Schoof leaving the EU summit in Budapest early. Schoof said he had completed his most important business in Budapest and had been in touch with police, ministers and Israeli officials earlier in the day. “We want Israelis to continue to come to the ...
Dutch won’t meet climate targets, new gov is making things worse
2024年10月24日 · The Netherlands is extremely unlikely to achieve its climate targets, and the likelihood is becoming more remote as time passes, according to the government’s environmental assessment agency PBL in its latest report. The Netherlands aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 55% in 2030 when compared with 1990, but the current plans make a reduction of 44% to 52% the maximum achievable, the PBL ...
Crisis talks? Coalition party leaders to finalise asylum plans
2024年10月23日 · The leaders of the four coalition parties are meeting with prime minister Dick Schoof on Wednesday afternoon in an effort to reach a deal on reducing the number of refugees coming to the Netherlands. The big question, say analysts, is will Geert Wilders, leader of the far right PVV, agree to drop his demand that the situation be declared an official crisis, which would allow the cabinet to ...
Migration minister under heavy fire during spending plans debate
2024年11月7日 · Migration minister Marjolein Faber faced criticism from all sides of the political spectrum as she defended her department’s 2025 spending plans in parliament during a heated debate on Thursday. Not only the minister’s asylum plans, including sending Syrians back to “safe” parts of the country, came under fire. She was also taken to task for failing to achieve anything in the four ...
Confusion over refugee crisis plan as minister says “it’s ready”
2024年10月15日 · Confusion over refugee crisis plan as minister says “it’s ready” October 15, 2024 Marjolein Faber is grilled by the press about the blunder. Photo: Remko de Waal ANP. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber is again under fire in The Hague, this time for saying documentary evidence needed to declare an asylum emergency was complete and had been distributed to coalition parties, only to ...