The center-right coalition that has governed the Netherlands fell this Friday due to differences over the reform of the asylum system, after the Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, has demanded that his partners restrict the reunification of direct relatives of refugees from war, says the local press.
The four parties that make up the government have been at odds for months over how to handle the influx of refugees, but the situation became tense on Wednesday when Rutte put on the table a limit to 200 family members of reunited refugees a month and a waiting period. two years before they can travel to the Netherlands.
This proposal has been considered unfeasible by the progressive D66, but above all by the Christian Union (CU), a partner for whom respect for the family is a red line.
