Omtzigt warns of "geopolitical implications" of labour migration

The declining birth rate in the Netherlands combined with the growth of African countries will have far-reaching implications for migration over the next 30 years, NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt has said. Omtzigt called for a debate on Europe’s changing population patterns as he delivered the annual HJ Schoo lecture, seen as the unofficial curtain-raiser for the new political year. Over the next three decades labour migrants will no longer come from Europe, where population growth is almost entirely driven by...