https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Holland-Asylum-policy-dead-and-buried https://internationalviewpoint.org/Holland-Asylum-policy-dead-and-buried 2002-09-12T00:00:00Z text/html en Jurgen de Wit Netherlands Migration <p>Supposedly, the idea behind policies towards asylum seekers is some small, even token degree of compassion towards those forced to leave their countries because of circumstances beyond their control. But the new right-wing Balkenende government in the Netherlands (made up of Christian Democrats, Liberals and right-wing populists) is taking the existing asylum policy, which was already in intensive care and carrying it to its grave.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV343-September-2002-" rel="directory">IV343 - September 2002</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Netherlands-+" rel="tag">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Migration-+" rel="tag">Migration</a>