The Netherlands submitted a request to the European Commission on Wednesday to obtain an opt-out clause from standard EU ...

Spokeswoman for European Commission says opt-out is only possible if there are changes to recently-agreed EU immigration pact ...

Spokeswoman for European Commission says opt-out only possible if there are changes to recently agreed EU immigration pact ...

Budapest has also pledged to defy EU rulings on its hardline border policies after judges said in June the country had ...

Asylum seekers with jobs in Ireland could be charged up to €238 (£200) a week for state accommodation and have to pay for ...

Opposition MPs have reacted in disbelief to the official documents about the government’s plans to declare an “asylum crisis” ...

The Hungarian government will follow the Netherlands’ example and ask the European Commission to grant it an opt-out for the ...

The Cabinet cannot declare that the asylum situation in the Netherlands is a crisis so that they can unilaterally enact ...

The new Dutch government which came to power in November is planning to declare an 'asylum crisis' to pave the way for ...

The right-wing Dutch government announced that it had asked the European Commission to abandon migration rules in order to be able to ...

The Netherlands has become the first EU country to demand an opt-out from migration rules, citing concerns over its ability ...