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### Immigration to the Netherlands
Learn more about what you need to arrange when you want to live in the Netherlands.
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### Applying for housing benefit
If you are renting your home, you may be eligible to receive housing benefit (huurtoeslag). This is a contribution towards the payment of your rent.
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Learn more about work and residence permits, tax breaks and housing.
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### D9+ Ministerial Meeting for digital technology and connectivity in Amsterdam
19-03-2025 | 10:45
Minister Dirk Beljaarts of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands will host the D9+ Ministerial Meeting in Amsterdam on Wednesday 26 ...
](/latest/news/2025/03/19/d9-ministerial-meeting-for-digital-technology-and-connectivity-in-amsterdam)
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### European countries agree to strengthen position in semiconductor industry
12-03-2025 | 09:00
At the initiative of minister Beljaarts of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands, 9 countries have established the Semicon ...
](/latest/news/2025/03/12/european-countries-agree-to-strengthen-position-in-semiconductor-industry)
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### New approach to relieve overcrowded prisons
07-03-2025 | 17:00
The Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) has been facing a serious capacity problem since autumn 2023. For the past 8 months, ...
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### Cabinet: green light for Minister Faber’s asylum plans
07-03-2025 | 17:00
The Dutch cabinet has approved the proposal by Minister Faber, the Minister of Asylum and Migration, to submit her asylum reform ...
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### Extension of VOG application helps combat subversion in port areas
04-03-2025 | 09:00
Subversion is a broad social problem. The question of how to become more resilient against criminal interference was discussed at ...
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### After three years of war, the Netherlands continues to support Ukraine
24-02-2025 | 12:02
On 24 February 2022 Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. For three years the Ukrainian people have been fighting ...
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