Labour hope for ‘general pardon’ debate

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The Labour party (PvdA) hopes to use Thursday’s inaugural meeting of the new parliament to debate a ‘general pardon’ for 26,000 long-term asylum seekers who still face deportation.


The old parliament was opposed to the move, but the new parliament has a narrow left-leaning majority.

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