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xinhua news agency, the hague, september 18 (reporter wang xiangjiang) dutch asylum and immigration minister faber said on the 18th that she had written to the european commission, formally proposing that the netherlands will "opt out" of the eu's immigration and refugee asylum rules in the future.

faber said in the letter that the current dutch government's goal is to "substantially reduce the number of immigrants in order to continue to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities in public housing, health care and education." to ensure this goal, the dutch government will choose to withdraw from the eu's immigration and refugee asylum rules when the eu revises the relevant treaties.

faber also stressed that as long as the netherlands has not yet obtained the right to withdraw from this rule, it will still give priority to the rapid implementation of the european convention on migration and refugee asylum, believing that this is "the key to strengthening europe's control over immigration and limiting the flow of immigrants into the netherlands."

it is reported that a spokesperson for the european commission said on the same day that he had received faber's letter, but at the same time stressed that before the relevant eu treaties are amended, the eu's immigration and refugee asylum rules will remain binding on the netherlands, and the relevant treaties are not expected to change in the short term.

in the dutch parliamentary elections held in november last year, the far-right liberal party won the most seats and became the largest party in the house of representatives. on july 2 this year, the four-party coalition government formed by the liberal party and three other parties was sworn in. on september 13, the new dutch government announced its policy plan, which included plans to tighten immigration and refugee asylum policies. (end)