The Dutch Senate recently rejected a far-right asylum bill aimed at criminalizing irregular immigration, leading to interpretations that irregular migrants remain classified as "illegal" under existing immigration laws without the increased penalties proposed in the rejected legislation, which faced significant opposition due to concerns over its impact on humanitarian aid and the existing asylum framework. #MigrationPolicy #AsylumSeekers #HumanRights #NL
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No, the Netherlands didn't 'legalise illegal migration'
The Dutch Senate recently rejected a hardline asylum bill, which some are interpreting as overruling the notion that irregular migrants are "illegal" in the eyes of the law.