The four-party coalition in the Netherlands, led by Prime Minister Dick Schoof, has promised to build up the "strictest asylum regime ever."
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00:00The European Commission has rebuffed the Dutch government's recent request to secure an opt-out
00:08clause from the EU's migration and asylum rules.
00:12A Commission spokesperson told reporters in Brussels it had received the Hague's letter
00:17penned by the Dutch Minister for Asylum and Migration and that there were no plans currently
00:22to provide the exemption.
00:25There is no treaty change upcoming, therefore this is the current situation.
00:31We have also taken and welcomed the fact that the Minister has said that they will continue
00:37to prioritise the implementation of the pact, which is clearly a priority for the Commission.
00:43Marjolein Faber, the Dutch politician in charge of asylum and migration, wrote the government
00:49wanted to drastically reduce the volume of migrants to the Netherlands to deliver better
00:54social services.
00:56However the member of the far-right ultranationalist party conceded in the communique that if their
01:01request fell on deaf ears, the Hague would continue to uphold the EU's migration rules.