Halbe Zijlstra on Asylum: ‘Refugee Convention Stands in the Way of Solutions’

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Unrest surrounding asylum reception is mounting; there were significant protests in Loosdrecht, among other places. The question is being raised increasingly often as to whether international treaties restrict the Netherlands too much in its asylum policy. To what extent can the Netherlands still change this itself? Former VVD leader Halbe Zijlstra and political reporter Tom Staal join Nieuws van de dag.