The claim
One article claims that a law in the Netherlands can now force citizens to accept migrants.
Our conclusion
This is solely a temporary regulation until after the summer break, which imposes an obligation on the mayors of the municipalities to take responsibility for the accommodation of refugees, but this does not mean that they can now force citizens to accommodate them.
“ Dutch government will force citizens to accept migrants within their own four walls in the future! ” is the headline of the page threateningly, and of course there are immediate fears on social media that this will soon be the case here too. In fact, the Netherlands has a provision in the temporarily activated law from 1952 that includes emergency accommodation for refugees - but this part of the law was not activated at all.
The claim
The site's article (archived HERE ) claims that a law now allows the Dutch government to require citizens to house refugees. Not only that: Citizens then have to feed the migrants at their own expense and, if necessary, can even be evicted from their own homes to accommodate migrants.

In addition, the city of Utrecht is said to have announced that it will only allocate newly available apartments to refugees for the next six weeks.
What kind of law is this?
As can be seen in the screenshot on the page showing the parties' voting behavior, it revolves around Articles 2c and 4 Wvb.
“Wvb” is the abbreviation for “ Wet verplaatsing bevolking ”, in German: law on population movement.
The law was created on July 10, 1952 and contains “ provisions for the free movement of the population in the event of war, threat of war, similar or associated exceptional circumstances ”. So it's primarily about our own population.
An example: Suppose Germany were to invade the Netherlands: Then the Dutch government could use this law to oblige the population in the north of the country to take in the citizens from the invaded part in the east, who are now refugees - if the entire law is in force would kick .
But it's not about the entire law, but only about Articles 2c and 4. And it says :
Article 2c: “ This law also applies to large movements of people that are not the result of a transport order. “
Article 4: “ Unless otherwise provided in this law, the mayor is responsible for carrying out a population transfer ordered in accordance with Section 2a or Section 2b in his municipality. When it concerns evacuation and relocation, our Ministers and, when it concerns accommodation and supplies, our Minister of the Interior may issue directives or instructions or cause instructions to be given to the Mayor in relation to his duties described in the preceding paragraph. “
To put it simply: Article 2c says that the law also applies to migrants, Article 4 says that the mayors decide how refugees are accommodated, but the government can influence this.
However, the forced accommodation of refugees is only very theoretically possible, as Article 7 of the law exists for this purpose - but it was not even voted on.
In theory, the government or a mayor could say: “You have to accept Ukrainians now”, but in practice there is no need for this (and would probably be very difficult to implement), as the Second Chamber of the States General explains (see HERE ).
Accordingly, these two articles of the law were temporarily (!) put into effect again until after the summer break, since the municipalities themselves manage the accommodation of refugees, but not all municipalities want to offer accommodation. That's why the mayors are now obliged to do this in order to ensure an even distribution of migrants.
After the summer break, the state of emergency will be ended again and a provisional law will be passed, which will still hold the mayors accountable, but will also regulate practical matters such as living allowances.
Interestingly, in the Netherlands only the right wing has doubts: Gideon van Meijeren from the EU-sceptic and national-conservative party FVD fears that citizens could be obliged to provide a place for migrants and to cook for them (which is 1:1 from “Our Central Europe”), which was, however, ruled out by Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands - and would anyway make no sense without activating Article 7 as well.
And what is the regulation in Utrecht?
The site claims that newly available apartments in the city of Utrecht for the next six weeks will only be given to refugees. This claim is at least partially true:
Due to the current emergency, the municipality of Utrecht announced measures regarding the housing shortage and many refugees in the city (see HERE ). Accordingly, the following regulations apply from August 1st to September 12th:
- Most ( not all ) of the social housing that becomes available will go to refugees with a residence permit
- In case of emergencies, living space will also be provided during this period
- The city's condition for this: co-financing from housing associations and the central government for 1,000 additional apartments in 2023 and a further 1,000 - 1,500 additional apartments in 2024 and 2025
- The regulation only applies to the city of Utrecht, not to other municipalities in the Utrecht region
- After September 12th, the normal regulation applies again: 70% goes to people who are looking for a home in a normal situation, 30% goes to the homeless, people who are particularly vulnerable, young people who need advice and therefore also to refugees with a residence permit
There are currently 490 refugees living in Utrecht with a residence permit. Around 42 homes will be available each week. The city's goal is to help as many of the refugees as possible find a new home during these 6 weeks.
Right-wing parties in the Netherlands in particular are exploiting the situation to create social envy, but considering that the average waiting time for people looking for housing in Utrecht is 11 years (!), the 6 weeks in which refugees are given priority is a drop on the hot stone.
Summary
The claim that citizens in the Netherlands now have to accept migrants and even cook food for them arises solely from the fears of a right-wing conservative politician, but the activated articles of the law were not about that at all. Even with a lot of imagination, this would be very difficult to implement.
This is solely a temporary regulation until after the summer break, which imposes the obligation on the mayors of the municipalities to take responsibility for the accommodation of refugees. The government is allowed to influence this, but the fact that this is a possible order for forced accommodation in private apartments is pure (right-wing) scaremongering and is not even up for debate.
With thanks to our Dutch employee Janine, who looked through the relevant legal texts for us.
Also interesting:
About 10 days ago, the first photos circulated of an ice cream sandwiched between two waffles, which appears to have been renamed: from “Moscow style” to “Kiev style.”
Not a fake, but not a really meaningful renaming either. – “Cold War” of a different kind: At Edeka, Moscow becomes Kiev
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