(NL Times) The coalition parties want the government to investigate whether parts of Syria can be declared safe so that Syrian asylum seekers can be sent back. PVV leader Geert Wilders wants a debate on the topic next month and he is finding support in the other coalition parties, Trouw reports.
Wilders wants the Netherlands to declare Syria, or at least parts of the country, safe so that “the Netherlands will in principle no longer grant Syrians a residency permit.” Syrians form the largest group of asylum seekers in the Netherlands, and their applications are also granted most often.
The NSC is less outspoken on the matter than [Wilders], but MP Diederik Boomsma pointed out that if parts of the country are safe, certain refugees can return.
