Refugee Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius takes hard line on migration in bid to be Dutch PM Minister who migrated from Turkey as a child calls for focus on 'real refugees'

September 25, 2023   

(National-UAE) A woman who was a child refugee from Turkey has promised to address voter fears over excessive migration if she is elected prime minister of the Netherlands.

Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius has a realistic shot at power after winning the leadership of departing premier Mark Rutte’s centre-right party.

The 46-year-old set out her pitch at a party congress in Rotterdam where she said it was not racist to worry whether “the Netherlands will remain the Netherlands.”

She promised a “fair asylum policy” that recognises limited capacity and prioritises “real refugees,” after tension over how to tackle migration brought down Mr Rutte’s four-party coalition.

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