Dutch Labour Party Disagrees on Plan to Criminalize Illegal Immigrants

27 April 2013   The plan by the ruling coalition of the Dutch government to make it a criminal offence to be an illegal immigrant is causing divisions within the ruling Labour (PvdA) party. The Labour party had agreed with the Liberal (VVD) party to criminalize illegal immigration as part of last year’s coalition agreement….

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Dutch-Turkish Woman Stands as Candidate for Dutch Labour Leadership

4 March 2012   Following the resignation of Labour Party (PvDA) leader Job Cohen, five candidates are vying for leadership of the party in the Netherlands. One of the five is Turkish-born politician Nebahat Albayrak. Albayrak moved to the Netherlands as a baby. Her successful political career includes service as a Member of Parliament for…

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Dutch Labour Party Accused of Creating “Islamic Voting Fodder”

20 May 2011   During a parliamentary debate anti-Islam politician and leader of the Freedom Party (PVV) Geert Wilders accused the Labour party of filling the country with “Islamic voting fodder”. Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer left the chamber in protest of the offensive remarks. Prime Minister Rutte called the term ‘inappropriate’. Wilders made the…

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Local Politician Quits After Anti-Immigrant Comments

November 24 2010 Rob Spiegelenberg, who headed the Dutch Labour party’s provincial election campaign in the region Gelderland, has stepped down following comments about Moroccans and Turks. Spiegelenberg is reported to have commented that if Dutch borders are opened, Turks and Moroccans would “breed like crazy” in the country.

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Dutch Parliamentarian Against Islamic Search Engine in Schools

Dutch parliament member Samira Bouchibti has reacted to the release this month of Imhalal.com, a search engine which provides starred ratings of results according to their acceptability in Islamic law. The PvdA (Dutch Labour Party) parliament member says that the new engine should not be used in schools, since it encourages discrimination of gays by…

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