De perceptie van Nederland in de wereld

[Mark Giebels]

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Nederland is de laatste jaren de tolerante voorbeeldfunctie in de wereld
flink aan het verspelen....

Groeten,
Mark Giebels

CNN - headline news today:

Dutch: 26,000 asylum seekers to go
Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Posted: 11:55 AM EST (1655 GMT)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) -- The Dutch parliament approved plans
Tuesday to expel up to 26,000 failed asylum seekers, a move that would
be unprecedented in Europe and that has triggered large protests and
threats of hunger strikes.

The plans would force the failed applicants, many of whom have lived in
the Netherlands for years, to leave over three years, while some 2,300
others would be granted amnesty.

Parliament rejected a series of motions Tuesday intended to soften the
plans by the center-right government, which a spokesman for Immigration
and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk said meant the policy had been
approved.

Long renowned for their tolerant and open society, the Dutch have become
more hostile toward foreigners in recent years and voted in droves in
May 2002 for the anti-immigration party of populist Pim Fortuyn just
days after he was shot dead.





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