Dutch set to back Marrakesh migration pact next week
 

A clear majority of MPs in the Dutch lower house of parliament back signing the Marrakesh pact on controlling migration, it emerged during a stormy debate on Tuesday evening.

The debate was called by Forum voor Democratie leader Thierry Baudet, who has been engaged in a high profile campaign against the pact. A motion of no confidence in the cabinet, however, was only backed by the FvD and the anti-immigration PVV.

Junior immigration minister Mark Harbers, defending the measure to MPs, said the pact should be viewed as a diplomatic instrument to combat unregulated migration. It also includes basic principles which make it easier to reach deals with other countries, he said.

Baudet said in his speech that the pact will encourage immigration and that migrants will derive rights from it, with the help of lawyers, a statement Harbers firmly rejected.

‘The pact is not a human right and it cannot be enforced legally,’ he said. ‘It is about cooperation between countries.’

Vote

MPs will formally vote on the pact next week. The Dutch government has already agreed to introduce an additional declaration to prevent unintentional legal consequences.

The additional document, known as an EOP or explanation of position, reaffirms that UN pact will not lead to additional jurisprudence, thereby stopping refugees using it as an extra legal support in asylum claims.

Harbers has also pledged to provide a legal analysis of the pact to parliament, so it can be debated before the Marrakesh meeting next week.

Australia, Israel, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria have all refused to sign the pact, saying it will weaken their own immigration controls. In Belgium, the largest party in the centre-right coalition government has said it will not back the plan, forcing a government crisis.

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Thierry Baudet, who won politician of the year award last year

you guys in UK have the messy brexit things, we have this messy Marrakesh migration deal

basically we dutch have made a deal with eastern european countries like Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland and ignored the western european countries namely our neighbours cause Belgium isn't totally agreeing to the terms of this deal

mess :skull: and for what our idea to no longer bring in refugees from middle eastern/african countries, no now they can stay in Marrakesh with resources from those countries involved in the deal

Nicky dont you have enough migrants in Holland already?

yes we do, and most of them here cause trouble with the law


we have Dutch Politics Live now on our business tv channel RTL Z, we'll see if we have more updates to this deal

ok, keep us updated

around 4 PM we might know more, after the news of 3 PM


our dutch politics live topics now does include

- latest brexit news

- apparently we dutch have caught a very notorious mob which is headline news today

- latest wall street news

- and now this Marrakesh migration deal, with the MP Vote next week so i think at 3 PM news they will just tell us something about the vote, or if Belgium is in or out of this deal