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AT LEAST 4,791 CHILDREN FROM 2,888 FAMILIES PLACED OUT OF HOME - MOST DID NOT RETURN
"The accumulation of government interventions—first through unjustified recovery demands and subsequently through out-of-home placements—has caused additional suffering for young people. Conversations with these young people have made it clear that the consequences are still felt on a daily basis." This is stated in the parliamentary letter sent to the House of Representatives on September 25, 2026, by State Secretary for Justice and Security Claudia van Bruggen, State Secretary for Benefits Restoration Sandra Palmen, and State Secretary for Long-term Care, Youth and Sport Mirjam Sterk.
What the benefits affair has really done to families: 'Consequences are felt every day'
Home News What the benefits affair has really done to families: “Consequences are felt every day” Image: Canva Elsemieke Tijmstra March 27, 2025 - 15:00 Reading time: 2 minutes The benefits affair has had an enormous impact on the...
Explosive advice to the ministry: Princess Laurentien must completely distance herself from her own foundation
Explosive advice to the ministry: Princess Laurentien should completely distance herself from her own foundation + Reading list News Allowance parents According to NautaDutilh, the princess still has an “important, if not decisive”...
'Princess Laurentien still has too much influence within the foundation for helping allowance parents'
Princess Laurentien. © Brunopress “Princess Laurentien still has too much influence within the Foundation for Helping Benefit Parents” Princess Laurentien still has an “important, if not decisive, influence” within the Foundation...
4 years after the benefits affair, victims are still fighting for redress: 'That's really a scandal'
4 years after the benefits affair, victims are still fighting for redress: 'That's really a scandal' March 8, 2023, 17:22 • Updated April 13, 2023, 02:04 • 3 minutes of reading © RTV Utrecht Utrecht - Mirika Muller got two months...
The benefits affair had a major role in relocations: 'Consequences are felt every day'
NOS News• Thursday, March 27, 11:39 • Updated Thursday, March 27, 15:15 The benefits affair had a major role in removals: “Effects are felt every day” Share this article The benefits affair played a major role in the...
Laurentien Foundation sounds the alarm about an unsafe working atmosphere
The Laurentien Foundation sounds the alarm about an unsafe working atmosphere Vorstenhuizen Vorsten 26/03/2025 11:03am Share this article: The Equal Recovery Foundation (SGH), which helps those affected by the benefits scandal, and was previously led by...