Why the Netherlands Wants to Opt Out of the EU’s Migration Pact

The new Dutch government has updated their government program with new migration reform, branded as one of the strictest in Europe. In this video, we take a look at these new reforms, and whether the plans can actually work.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Context
02:09 - Dutch Asylum Reforms Explained
06:06 - Can It Work?
07:52 - Sponsored Content

[Ehrgeiz]

Central European states like the Netherlands.

First time I'm getting called central European, dafaq.

[SM-mzhz]

“Deportation by force”

Only in western countries if this seen as remotely controversial.

Over stay your visa in any other place of the world.
You’ll be arrested, put in a cell, and taken to an airport and put on a plane.

This should not be viewed as controversial in the slightest.

[dee-jay]

At this point, which European country is still supporting broad immigration and asylum rights? Even Germany and Spain have changed their stance. Can't we all come together to build a comprehensive solution?

[pukingdragonfly]

So many countries opting out…but what about blocking them at the first EU border in the first place?

And kicking them from a country to the other…oh, what about getting rid of them at the EU level?

[MovieMenno]

Borders will come somewhere
- around the EU
- around the country
- gated communities

we just can choose where...

[danycashking]

As a Dutch person i don't agree with all the points, but definitely agree with the 10year naturalisation requirement, Dutch language B1 requirement and integration requirements. I have been at naturalisation ceremonies where the people getting their Dutch passports did not even understand the civil servant speaking to them and just smiled and nodded at everything even the bad things that the civil servant had to gently hint at for them to correct their statement. I will also add though that to me i've seen Ukrainian refugees try a lot harder to learn Dutch, speak broken Dutch words to their kids and explaining what it is in Ukrainian and integrate than other refugees so I don't mind continuing to help them.

[szaszm_]

Every country around the EU is voting against asylum seekers. Why can't we just change the EU law and stop mandatory accepting of asylum seekers altogether, and leave it to the individual states to accept or turn them away. That would take the wind out of the far right's sail, and we could finally return to reasonable centrist governments.

[Some.Paleshuk]

Wow, they had less than B1 level requirement for citizenship language test😮
As a Belarusian in Poland finishing B2 Polish classes, I can say I only start to feel I can comfortably connect with Poles and make jokes and have some charisma in the new language and be rather relaxed in communication

[levb.]

According to asymlum rules, refugees must claim asylum in the first safe country they cross. So the only people who qualify for refugee status are Ukranians and Belorussians. All others have tried to enter the EU from a safe country, so by law they are actually required to apply for asylum there.

[pepleatherlab]

As mentioned by other commentators: The reasons these problems exist is BECAUSE politicians fail to adhere to U.N. rules to begin with.

The statuses of 'Refugee' and 'Asylee' are simple: Applicants *MUST* demonstrate they are fleeing from a *declared* war zone (Refugee) OR demonstrate they are a targeted group in their country of origin (Asylee.) Then they must make application in the nearest *CONTIGUOUS* (which means 'land locked') safe nation to their own. The reason these limitations exist is to prevent exactly what's transpired since 2015, ..people shopping around the globe in preferred nations for status. These are 'EMERGENCY' statuses, ..not products of casual shopping for the best deal. Holding politicians accountable is the only way to curtail such malicious fraud.

[scrappedlives]

We want an opt out, because we are the most densly populated country of Europe. We just don't have the space to take another million people in just a few years. We don't have enough houses and we can 't built enough houses due to EU regulations.

[PavelKahun]

I remember when Czechs, Poles, Slovaks and Hungarians were saying the EU migration policy is a terrible idea more than a decade ago. We were called all sorts of names and no one listened.

[linkshandig]

As a Dutch person: nothing will change. They say they do, but they will not.

[onionboy]

The "new" Schengen looking suspiciously familiar👀

[menno]

It has become habit though that they anounce very big plans, to in the end get nothing done at all.
Immigration has become a bigger theme this elections mainly because of the housing crisis, which was the main bullet point for all of last election. In the end they haven't managed to improve anything in terms of housing, so they shift focus away with this migrant thing. Sure there's other issues with immigration, but it never should've been the biggest issue on the agenda in the elections. They've just accepted that the bigger issues like the housing crisis they're just not solving.

Same cycle is already starting again, just compare the recent statements from parties like the BBB and PVV. Literally anything they promised in their election campaigns they're now publicly backtracking on (because most was unrealistic to begin with). In the end the 'farmer's party' the BBB is now accepting the last government's exact same plan for agriculture, which they openly attacked before. In the end the PVV will accept some minor changes on immigration laws which will affect maybe 2% of the issue and they'll call it a win.

I've learned to not worry about what these politicians say, in the end they barely manage to change anything anyways.

[TheAmbex]

Nothing wrong with forced deportation. We have around 200k people in Canada who have been given deportation orders who remain because they know we won't actually force them out. Nothing wrong with picking them up and sending them home on a plane.

[marcvb]

I don't see any super strict policies? Only common sense.

[abeeceedee]

With more countries against the migration pact which forces migrants or fines, it's possible a large enough block forms that can have power in the EU.

[uwagajedzietramwaj_]

Europeans must realize that the supply of these migrants is basically infinite.

[venanziadorromatagni]

I don’t agree with measures that simply make the immigration problem the problem of Southern countries such as Italy or Spain.
Protecting the EU/Schengen borders must be a joint effort by all countries and only when countries feel the pain from illegal immigration will they be willing to spend the money on reducing the pressure on all other countries.