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Positive response to Dutch EU immigration law plans, says ministerThursday 17 March 2011 Dutch efforts to change EU rules in order to tighten up immigration have been ‘positively received’ by ‘a number’ of EU states, according to a briefing sent to MPs by immigration minister Gerd Leers. Plans outlined in the government’s coalition agreement – which was drawn up together with the anti-Islam PVV – will require changes to at least five EU directives. The Netherlands has now come up with a position document outlining a number of concrete proposals to change EU law. The aim is to solve the ‘problems surrounding integration and the concentration of migrants in big cities,’ Leers said. Free movement However, according to the Volkskrant, the minister has admitted proposed changes to the European directive on freedom of movement are likely to be difficult to change because this lies at the core of the EU philosophy. European directives can be amended under qualified majority voting rules. PVV Opposition MPs have been sceptical about the chances of success since the new government took office. They see the changes as a gesture to the PVV, which has said a 50% reduction in non-western immigration is key to its support of the minority government. Many of the measures proposed by the Netherlands are aimed at stopping non-EU nationals using other European countries as a spring board to enter the Netherlands. © DutchNews.nl
Good news. It's about time the Netherlands and Europe adopt a sensible immigration policy. By TJN | March 17, 2011 12:48 PM I read it and it seems fair and just. it is just a closing of loopholes, and asking asylum seekers to try to integrate. The EU would benefit, and the negativity to foreigners may subside. By jaycee | March 17, 2011 5:20 PM To have freedom of movement is good news! What the Dutch minister is proposing is against the spirit of the EU. The new Dutch Government uses the slogan of ‘problems surrounding integration and the concentration of migrants in big cities,’ as a pretext for introducing blatant discriminatory policies. By Jimmyg | March 17, 2011 5:45 PM The proposed changes would affect only people who are not EU-nationals. In any case, a major change I'd like to see is reduction on family reunification based immigration, the legal route that now is the major one for legal immigration. That one person get a visa to work as an engineer in Rotterdam - say - should follow that, in 10 years, all his grown-up siblings, grandparents and some nieces and nephews, maybe even cousins, have also set foot in the country. It reduces integration, because if one comes alone or only with spouse and minor children, assimilation will happen faster than if one has all relatives coming and possible living in the same city. By Andre L. | March 18, 2011 7:57 AM It is a good EU policy. Hope other countries also start kicking out dutch immigrants from their countries and shunt them back to netherlands. By jerry | March 18, 2011 12:13 PM I agree TGN, the immigration policy needs changing, there is too much tension. By Highlander | March 22, 2011 6:48 AM
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These people should get out of the country more. Where ELSE are migrants going to move to but big cities where they can find others like them and where the jobs are? People have done that since the beginning of freaking time. It's not a "problem", it's only common sense!
By CW | March 17, 2011 8:42 AM