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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.
Childcare recovery surgery Bureaucratic or responsive?
1357 Hersteloperatie kinderopvang Bureaucratisch of responsief? Michiel Scheltema1 Waarom lukt het maar niet de hersteloperatie voor de slachtoffers van de toeslagenaffaire op een voor iedereen bevredigende manier af te ronden? Het...
The compensation scheme for the benefits affair: inexplicable, unenforceable, unaffordable
Earlier, we already published illustrator Mart Veldhuis's 'Eigen Schuld' tapestry, about the life of a student with a high student debt. Now he made a sequel on behalf of De Correspondent, but about the...
With the new data law, the government is digging even deeper into private life
© Sophie Smeets JUNE 10 · 11 MIN With the new data law, the government is digging even deeper into private life JAN-HEIN STROP DAVID DAVIDSON EVALINE SCHO 105 CONTRIBUTIONS Governments are eagerly awaiting a new data law that will almost...
Structure of an elite club of 100 top officials prevents the reorganization of the civil service beforehand
Antonie Kerstholt Economist and lawyer Special legal position maintains a cartel of jobs for senior officials. The outline agreement includes an overall reduction in the civil service of 20%. From efficiency-...
Children about the suffering caused by the benefits affair: 'So my life didn't have to go like this'
Children about the suffering caused by the benefits affair: 'So my life didn't have to go this way' Rehearsal of Lost Youth by the Rotterdam Neighbourhood Theatre, with Juan Zyad and Anouk Vrakking. Image by Linelle Deunk for the Volkskrant De...