netherlands news, pm mark rutte resigns in netherlands, controversy over country’s immigration policy – netherlands govt collapses over immigration issue pm mark rutte resigns

The Hague: In the Netherlands, the government has fallen due to differences between the four party coalition on the issue of immigration. The country will now face general elections this year after the country’s longest-serving prime minister Mark Rutte resigned on Friday. Ratt and the government headed by him will continue to function till a new government is formed. “The differences between the coalition partners on immigration policy is no secret,” he told the media in The Hague. Today, unfortunately, we have come to the same conclusion that these differences are contradictory. So I immediately wrote to the Maharaja offering the resignation of the entire cabinet.

demand for early elections
The MPs of the opposition parties also demanded fresh elections without losing any time. He did not even wait for Ratt’s formal resignation. Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Party for Freedom, tweeted, “Let there be elections soon.” Jesse Claver, leader of the ‘Green Left’ party, also called for elections. He told the Dutch broadcaster ‘NOS’, ‘This country needs a change.’ Rutt held meetings late into the night on Wednesday and Thursday but failed to reach a conclusion on immigration policy.

In the last round of talks on Friday evening, the parties said in one voice that they do not agree and cannot stay in the alliance. King Willem-Alexander returned from Greece on Saturday to meet Rutt. Alexander was in Greece for a family holiday.

Growing number of refugees in the Netherlands
The number of asylum seekers in the Netherlands has increased by a third in the last year to more than 47,000. According to government data, the government is expected to receive around 70,000 applications in the year 2023. This week PM Rut tried to implement a plan. This included limiting the number of relatives of war refugees in the Netherlands to only 200 people per month. But it was strongly opposed by the Christian Union and the social-liberal D66, a partner in the government.