Prime Minister Mark Rutte Resigns: The Hague’s Debate on Limiting Migrant Influx Leads to Government Collapse

2023-07-07 23:16:50

There has long been a debate in The Hague about how to limit the influx of migrants. Now there was a bang: late Friday evening Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced his resignation – due to irreconcilable differences within the coalition.

The government around Prime Minister Mark Rutte could not agree on asylum policy.

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The Dutch government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte collapsed late on Friday evening in a dispute over a more restrictive asylum policy. Even after three days of crisis deliberations, the four-party coalition could not agree on how to limit the influx of asylum seekers.

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