(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.
