(NL Times) A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, adopted two asylum laws around midnight. The laws, drafted by former PVV Minister Marjolein Faber, are intended to implement “the strictest asylum policy ever” in the Netherlands.
95 parliamentarians voted in favor of the Two Status System Act and 55 against. The Asylum Emergency Measures Act got 94 votes for and 56 against, NOS reports. It is uncertain whether these laws will also make it through the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate. The CDA, an important swing vote in the Senate where the caretaker Cabinet has no majority, voted against the laws in parliament.
There has been a lot of discussion about the two laws this week, especially after the PVV managed to pass an amendment to tighten them even further.
