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Stricter regime for asylum seekers causing nuisance
From now on, asylum seekers who cause serious nuisance will be housed in an Enforcement and Supervision Location (HTL) in ...
Netherlands takes joint action to support refugees and host communities with Prospects Partnership
The kick off of the Prospects Partnership was announced today by The Netherlands, together with the World Bank Group - including ...
New law for more effective implementation of sanctions comes into effect
In order to ensure that perpetrators have served out their prison sentence, carried out their community service or paid their ...
New law as of 1 January 2020: collective action for compensation of large-scale damage
Private citizens and businesses that suffer large-scale damage, for example because of vehicles that have been tampered with, ...
Higher sentences for fraud involving new payment methods
Fraud involving new payment methods, such as applications that allow you to transfer money with your mobile phone or Internet ...
Expert's certificate for transgenders to lapse
At the moment, transgender persons require an expert's certificate to change the sex on their birth certificate. The certificate ...
National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism: threat level lowered to 3, attack in the Netherlands ‘conceivable’
The National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism has lowered the threat level in the Netherlands to 3 out of 5, meaning ...
Dekker: preventing and addressing integrity violations
There must be no doubt as to the government's integrity in a state based on the rule of law. Integrity violations, criminal ...
Join the World Press Freedom Conference 2020
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and UNESCO will host the World Press Freedom Conference next year. The event will take place on ...
First ministerial conference on Belgian-Dutch cross-border crime
Koen Geens, the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, and Pieter De Crem, the Belgian Minister of the Interior ...