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Netherlands: Divorcees to face deportation

01 July 1997

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Foreign women who divorce their husbands are to face deportation if they fail to find paid employment within one year. This was announced by junior Minister of Justice Schmitz. The current rules stipulate that women who divorce their husbands within three years of getting married do not have an independent right of abode within the Netherlands. Schmitz has now stated that women who divorce their husbands after three years will be given a temporary residence permit for a year, which will only be extended if they manage to find paid employment for at least one year within this period.

NRC Handelsblad Weekeditie, 5.8.97.

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