Dutch Government Collapses Over Plan to Further Limit Immigration. Prime Minister Mark Rutte, one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders, had struggled to reach an agreement with his coalition partners about migration, including more restrictions.

According to The New York Times, the fall of the Dutch cabinet can be placed in a European trend. The American newspaper sees that asylum policy has become an important theme in large parts of the European Union and that positions are hardening.

In a number of EU countries, immigration is leading to a growing popularity of the extreme right. The New York Times points to recent electoral successes of Vox in Spain, the Sweden Democrats in Sweden and Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement national in France, all parties fiercely involved in the asylum debate. Moreover, Italy and Hungary, with Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán, both have prime ministers who are highly critical of the number of migrants coming to Europe.

FINALLY the trust Dutch always had in their politicians is gone and migration has been out of control.