Mark Rutte’s coalition government ‘collapses’ after tense negotiations on how to limit the number of asylum seekers split parties

Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, will hand in the resignation of his cabinet after failing to agree on measures to curb immigration, according to the Dutch news agency ANP.

ANP quoted sources as saying Rutte’s fourth coalition government collapsed as it was unable to agree how to limit the number of asylum seekers in the Netherlands, after three days of tense negotiations.

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