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Netherlands: Rotterdam acts to bar forced marriagesRotterdam - Rotterdam is launching a new system to help prevent teenage girls from being pressured into marriage when they go away on holiday to their family's country of origin.
Girls who are concerned they may be forced into an arranged marriage can express their concerns with the school. Before they go away, the girls can sign a contract stating they do not want to marry. If the girls fail to return at the end of the summer, the Dutch police will be notified immediately. Radio Netherlands |
Netherlands: Migrant scheme eased to attract more Indian professionalsThe Netherlands is hoping to attract more skilled Indian professionals into the country by relaxing the terms of an existing knowledge migrant (KM) scheme and simplifying the immigration process. "We...Netherlands: 'Muhammad' cartoons editor laments intoleranceFlemming Rose, culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten which published 12 cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad in 2005 that led to an outbreak of riots in the Muslim...Netherlands: Man receives asylum after suicide threatAn Iranian man who climbed onto the bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen last year in protest at his possible deportation has been granted a residence permit after all.... |
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Netherlands: Gov't cracks down on illegals, failed asylum seekers
April 15, 2009
The Dutch cabinet has taken additional measures to expel illegal aliens and failed asylum seekers, say deputy justice minister Nebahat Albayrak. A report by Trouw reveals additional measures which include allowing aliens police (immigration police) to search homes, workplaces, computers...
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Netherlands: Mayor seeks to drop Moroccan name list
April 10, 2009
AMSTERDAM -- Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen has proposed to scrap a Moroccan government approved list of first names which is showed to Dutch-Moroccan registering their new-born children with the city. Morocco has a list of approved names for its nationals...
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