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Dutch PM meets lawmakers amid govt tensions over migration

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By MIKE CORDER
Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has met with lawmakers from his party to discuss their concerns about rising numbers of migrants seeking asylum in the Netherlands, amid tensions within his four-party coalition about how to tackle the issue. The meeting Tuesday followed the refusal of lawmakers in Rutte’s center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy to support legislation that could compel municipalities to offer accommodation to asylum seekers. The party’s opposition puts it at odds with the three other coalition parties. Rutte told reporters that “There is no crisis.” After the meeting, the leader of the party’s lawmakers said they would support the legislation.

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