Another cruise ship for asylum seekers docks in Amsterdam

Euractiv | Sep 27, 2022 at 8:33 AM
  • A cruise ship that will accommodate 1,000 asylum seekers docked in Amsterdam’s western harbour on Monday, the second in a month.
  • The Dutch government hired the cruise MS Galaxy liner to accommodate 1,000 asylum seekers.
  • To add to the complications, the country’s immigration service has not yet responded to almost 30,000 people who have applied for asylum in the Netherlands – a backlog close to that formed in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis, despite application levels being much lower.