Dutch government collapses over immigration policy
Bart H. Meijer and Anthony Deutsch
Updated
Amsterdam | The Dutch government collapsed on Friday (Saturday AEST) after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall.
The crisis was triggered by a push by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to the Netherlands, which two of his four-party government coalition refused to support.
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