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Dutch Senate Abolishes Financial Penalties for Immigration and Naturalisation Service Permitting Delays

The upper house of the Dutch parliament has voted to end the system of financial fines previously levied against the Immigration and Naturalisation Service for failing to process asylum and residency permits within legal timeframes, removing a major fiscal burden from the agency as it struggles with immense application backlogs and staffing shortages.
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