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Government to introduce stricter asylum and migration rules
September 16 2011The cabinet has approved five proposals made by Gerd Leers, Minister for Immigration and Asylum Policy, for tightening up asylum and migration policy.Read moreMeasures in response to DigiNotar problem
September 5 2011The government is working with the business community to analyse the potential consequences of the DigiNotar problem.
Read moreLeers: measures to stop Somali fraudsters successful
July 7 2011In a letter to the House of Representatives, Minister for Immigration and Asylum Policy Gerd Leers reported today that the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is successfully combating fraud and abuse by Somalis who follow their asylum-seeker relatives to the Netherlands.
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10-10-10: A new start for the islands of the Netherlands Antilles
On Sunday 10 October, Curaçao and St Maarten became constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The islands of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius are now special municipalities of the Netherlands. The Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist as a country.
Higher standards for civic integration exam abroad
The standard of the civic integration examination abroad is raised. The pass score on the Test in Spoken Dutch (TGN) went up from A1 minus to A1.
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