The Dutch government has always advocated a common European approach to handle the amount of refugees coming to the European Union. "But as a country we need to think that, if it does not work in Europe, and if it fails with the countries around us, whether we can do it alone," Rutte said.
When asked if that means the resumption of Dutch border controls, he answered: "That could be, but there are many variations possible."
In an interview with Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad and some European newspapers on Friday, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that countries like Sweden, Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands "are carrying the heaviest burden in the asylum crisis by taking in the most refugees".
According to Dijsselbloem the Schengen zone, created in 1995, now comprising 26 European countries that have abolished passport and any other type of border control at their common borders, cannot work if only a few countries give shelter to most of the refugees. This might, according to the Dutch finance minister, ultimately lead to a mini-Schengen zone with the countries he mentioned.
The influx of asylum seekers in the Netherlands this year could amount to a total of 58,000, the Dutch government announced earlier on Friday. In total 47,574 asylum seekers were registered at the reception centers on November 23, already almost double the amount of 2014 (24,929).
"We cannot continue with the influx of asylum seekers at this level," Rutte said. "It affects all kinds of things, such as affordability and social services."
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
28/11/15
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EU ministers to discuss partial Schengen suspension...
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If approved, the plan would allow passport discretionary controls on borders inside the Schengen Zone.
Officials from all 28 member states are also gathering to assess an initiative by Germany to launch a massive resettlement programme of refugees from Turkey, that could run into the hundreds of thousands.
The passport move follows months of spontaneous closures by member states which have either been target or transit countries for hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Ministers were also reported to be considering suspending Greece from Schengen unless it accepted offers of help from the EU's border agency Frontex.
Greece had been refusing all offers of EU manpower, funding a material support to be deployed on its borders to help manage and register migration flows for months, exasperating countries like Croatia, Austria and Germany who complained that they were feeling the downstream effect.
However, at the last minute Athens formally agreed to seek support from Frontex for help at its border with FYROM to the north, and on the island of Lesbos, as well as tents, generators, beds and first aid kits........http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1204/751173-european-justice-ministers/
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