Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Asylum seekers: let them stay / Expatica Netherlands, 8 Sep 2004

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=4422&name=Asylum+seekers%3A+let+them+stay
"Dutch Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk plans to unceremoniously uproot 26,000 people from the lives they have built for themselves in communities all over the Netherlands and fly them back to their countries of origin in the next few years.
According to the latest opinion poll (6 February) by pollster Maurice de Hond, 55 percent of the Dutch public support her. This is down 10 percent from a week earlier.
Nevertheless, a majority seem to agree that it is right to lead a crusade to rid the Netherlands of as many unprocessed asylum seekers as possible."