Critical meetings to thrash up government asylum policy DutchNews.nl on 6 de July, 2023 at 8:38
The government is in ‘critical’ meetings to try to agree new policy on asylum seekers. A meeting of party leaders last night began at 9.30pm and Dutch media report that prime minister Mark Rutte wants to reach a decision by Friday, so is putting pressure on his three coalition partners. Rutte has said that he wants a crackdown on certain immigration in response to concerns from his VVD party, as numbers of asylum seekers are expected to increase this year…
The Central General Staff (EMC), a dissident faction of the FARC guerrillas, has made a pivotal decision to end the practice of extortion kidnapping. This commitment is part of the ongoing peace negotiations with the Colombian government, as both parties aim to resolve longstanding conflicts. The EMC’s public decision, jointly signed, marks the first major […]
In Panama, a vegetable shortage at the pivotal Merca Panamá market is causing scarcities of essential foods like lettuce and potatoes, leading to rising prices. Bloomberg Línea reports the shortage links to protests. They’re against a law favoring First Quantum Minerals. This law allows 40 more years of mining. Critics say it was rushed and […]
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