Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 1061 Sun. May 27, 2007  
   
International


Asylum-seekers will be allowed to stay in Netherlands


Some 25,000 asylum-seekers whose applications for refuge were rejected will be allowed to stay, the newly installed Dutch government said yesterday, reversing the previous administration's hardline immigration policy.

The Cabinet approved the plan crafted by Deputy Justice Minister Nebahat Albayrak, the country's top immigration official, in the early hours of the morning after a marathon session Friday.