Amsterdam's refugee chief says no to working with PVV

Amsterdam’s social affairs chief Rutger Groot Wassink has resigned as chairman of the Dutch local authorities asylum committee, saying he will not work with a cabinet that includes the far-right PVV. GroenLinks member Groot Wassink is in charge of the Dutch capital’s refugee strategy, but told the Parool “I don’t want to normalise what is abnormal”. “The PVV is an extreme right-wing party which poses a threat to democracy and the rule of law,” Groot Wassink said. Mayor Femke Halsema...