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==Dutch Government to Cap Country’s Population at 20 Million People by 2050, Will Drastically Cut Immigration Numbers
by Paul Serran Dec. 4, 2024
While all Europe is engaged in dealing with the tragic fallout from the demented policies that allowed unchecked mass migration to wreck most societies in the continent, perhaps no other country has a government so engaged in tackling the issue as the Netherlands – after all, to curb migration is almost the whole raison d’étre of the current governing coalition.
So, in an expected move, The Dutch government announced that it means to cap the population of the country at 20 million people by 2050.
To achieve this goal, the Dutch will have to cut immigration numbers by no less than 100,000 people a year.
The Telegraph reported:
“After briefing MPs on the plan on Wednesday, Marjolein Faber, the immigration minister, said that the cabinet ‘supports the need to work towards that scenario and to get a grip on migration’.”
In fact, some immigration is needed, because of the country’s ageing population and the falling birth rate.
“The Right-wing coalition led by Dick Schoof, the prime minister, has vowed to implement the Netherlands’ strictest-ever policy on asylum.
It came to power after Geert Wilders, an anti-migrant firebrand, won elections last year. He is not in the cabinet as part of the coalition deal but his Freedom Party, which counts Ms. Faber as a member, is.”
A report published earlier this year alerts that the Netherlands, with a population of about 17.88 million, must grow moderately in order to maintain ‘broad prosperity’.
The population’s growth can’t exceed 20 million over the next 25 years.
So, a maximum of 68,000 migrants – be them asylum seekers, workers or students – can be allowed in the country every year.
It’s still a lot, but far less than the 170,000 people coming into the Netherlands annually.
“Failure to curb migrant numbers would mean pressure on public services and housing, government ministers wrote to Dutch MPs.”
The surprise is that even some opposition figures seem to be inclined to agree with the plan and could support limiting population growth.
Frans Timmermans, Groenlinks-PvdA alliance leader:
“’We have had an extensive discussion in our party and we have all come to the insight that government steering on how the composition of the population develops is very important’, he said.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/dutch-government-cap-countrys-population-20-million-people/
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Chinese Illegal Immigrant Shipped Weapons From California To North Korea: DOJ
Authored by Ilene Eng via The Epoch Times Thursday, Dec 05, 2024
A Chinese national illegally residing in Southern California was arrested on Dec. 3 for allegedly exporting firearms, ammunition, and other military items to North Korea.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 41-year-old Shenghua Wen and his co-conspirators allegedly sent at least two shipments of the weapons inside shipping containers from Long Beach through Hong Kong to North Korea.
“During a series of Mirandized interviews, Wen admitted to exporting firearms and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of the North Korean government,” according to the affidavit filed on Nov. 26.
Wen, who arrived in the United States in 2012, has been living here illegally since overstaying his student visa, and is therefore prohibited from possessing any firearms or ammunition, according to court documents.
Law enforcement searched his home in Ontario, California, on Aug. 14 and seized two devices they say Wen had admitted were to be used militarily by North Korea, “a chemical threat identification device and a hand-held broadband receiver that detects eavesdropping devices.” On Sept. 6, authorities also seized about 50,000 rounds of 9mm ammunition that they alleged Wen intended to send to North Korea.
Authorities conducted the search after reviewing Wen’s iPhone with messages about the smuggling in December 2023. They said the messages revealed conversations between Wen and his co-conspirators about shipping military-grade equipment to North Korea and included photos of the items. Between January and April this year, Wen allegedly sent emails and text messages to a broker in the United States about negotiating a price to obtain a civilian airplane engine.
In an interview on Sept. 6, according to an affidavit, Wen said that before he came to the United States, he met with North Korean officials at two separate North Korean Consulates in China. He said he was instructed to procure the goods on behalf of the North Korean regime and that he was likely selected because he was good at smuggling. Wen said he believed the regime wanted the weapons to prepare for an attack against South Korea.
“He also explained that the North Korean government wanted [him] to obtain military uniforms for the North Korean government, which would subsequently be used by the North Korean military to disguise their soldiers to conduct a surprise attack on South Korea,” the affidavit states.
During the Aug. 14 interview, Wen admitted to shipping two containers of firearms from Long Beach to North Korea in October and December 2023, according to the affidavit. The North Korean regime provided money for the containers and shipping fees and about $2 million to buy firearms and other products.
In a Sept. 11 interview, Wen said he purchased many of the firearms in Texas and drove them to California in three separate trips, according to the affidavit. The North Korean regime also allegedly instructed him to purchase civilian airplane engines for their military drone program.
“Wen is charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison,” according to the DOJ.
The case is currently under investigation.
Wen’s initial appearance is scheduled for the afternoon of Dec. 3, a DOJ spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement. He was ordered to go to jail without bond with an arraignment scheduled for Jan. 7, 2025, at 11 a.m.
The Epoch Times reached out to Wen’s attorney for comment and did not hear back by publication time.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chinese-illegal-immigrant-shipped-weapons-california-north-korea-doj
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