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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.
Allowances scandal
The judge fears A repeat of the benefits scandal is imminent. Image: ANP The rules that benefit parents must comply with in order to be helped are not realistic and do not pay enough attention to human...
Handling the allowance affair
Processing the Princess Laurentien allowance affair stops immediately as chairman of the allowance parents foundation: 'I want to rest, I want to be happy' By Arne Hankel and Sander Paulus· August 28, 2024 · Updated: September 2, 2024 RTL News...
Why Princess Laurentien was made small
Why princess Laurentien was made small Opinion • 30-08-2024 • 4 minutes reading time • 15987 views • save Han van der Horst Historian The benefits scandal is not politically sensitive at all. Everyone agrees...
Reserving Princess Laurentien is Holland at its narrowest
Column Reserving Princess Laurentien is Holland at its narrowest August 30, 2024 Sometimes history overtakes the present in an ironic way. In 1980, D66 MP Brinkhorst proposed the number of members of the Royal...