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1. Leers: registration of migrants’ ethnic origin is necessary
There is an ongoing requirement for facts and figures in order to monitor the position of migrants in Dutch society, according to ...
2. Agreements between the Netherlands and Angola on return of failed asylum seekers
The Netherlands and Angola have made new agreements on preventing illegal migration and on the return of Angolan nationals from ...
3. Trial with automated border control system at Schiphol airport
Today, Minister for Immigration, Integration and Asylum Policy Gerd Leers launched a trial scheme for an automated border control ...
4. Admission procedure no longer barrier for highly skilled migrant
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) plans to make it even easier for companies to submit applications for highly ...
5. Police crack down on illegal aliens
The police will step up its supervision of aliens in order to reduce illegal residence. This year the Aliens Police will transfer ...
6. Mandatory fingerprinting for residence permit applications
Storing biometric information – digitised fingerprints and passport photos – in a central database makes it easier to check the ...
7. Immigrant offenders to lose their residence permits sooner
Immigrants convicted of committing an offence within three years of being admitted to the Netherlands may lose their residence ...
8. Experiment with statements of competence for asylum seekers
A government pilot project launched today will make it possible for successful asylum seekers who cannot prove that they passed ...
9. The Netherlands favours stricter rules for family migration
The Netherlands wants EU member states to have the scope to impose stricter rules on prospective family migrants.
