- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday (26 August) said he was “ashamed” of problems at the country’s centre for processing asylum requests as humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent in a team to assist with migrants’ medical needs.
- The arrival of MSF followed the death of a 3-month-old baby at the Ter Apel shelter this week.
- The baby died of unknown causes in a sports gymnasium being used as a makeshift shelter for newcomers at the shelter with nowhere else to sleep.
Dutch PM ‘ashamed’ of asylum failings as MSF steps in
