Minister plans to bypass parliament to reduce refugee numbers

The right-wing Dutch cabinet plans to suspend some laws relating to foreign nationals in the Netherlands so it can limit refugee numbers by bypassing parliament and the senate, sources have told broadcaster NOS. That would enable asylum minister Marjolein Faber to suspend family reunions and place limits on the number of times people can appeal against a negative decision, without MPs’ approval, NOS said. Faber herself told MPs on Thursday evening that she wants to declare a “refugee crisis” for...