Overview
- PVV senators said they will vote for the Asielnoodmaatregelenwet and the Wet Tweestatusstelsel but will not support the separate repair bill.
- Passage of the package could hinge on the single-seat OPNL group because CDA and SGP have warned they may vote no without the repair.
- Asylum minister Bart van den Brink said he will do everything needed this week to secure Senate backing and is working to line up votes for the fix.
- The repair is meant to ensure volunteers and other helpers are not criminalized, while the minister says the new offense would target an estimated 100 to 300 repeat return refusers.
- The core bills would scrap some permanent residence options and create a two-track system that gives faster protection to people persecuted for who they are compared with others fleeing war or disasters.