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Not Welcome: Dutch Minister Warns Refugees of 'Austere Reception'

© AP Photo / Markus SchreiberMigrants and refugees crowd in a line as they wait for their registration at central registration center for refugees and asylum seekers LaGeSo (Landesamt fuer Gesundheit und Soziales - State Office for Health and Social Affairs) in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
Migrants and refugees crowd in a line as they wait for their registration at central registration center for refugees and asylum seekers LaGeSo (Landesamt fuer Gesundheit und Soziales - State Office for Health and Social Affairs) in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Dutch Immigration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff addressed refugees coming to the country in a letter on Tuesday, warning them of the possible "austere reception" they are likely to get when arriving in the country.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The official explained that it was impossible to tell on short notice where an asylum seeker would be granted a residence permit, and that family members could not be brought over unless the person succeeded in obtaining such permit.

"Currently the Netherlands does not have enough room for asylum seekers at the regular reception centres. That is why you are receiving an austere reception, such as in sports centres of tents, where many people share the same lodgings," Dijkhoff, also the state security and justice secretary, wrote in a letter provided by the DutchNews portal.

Refugees walked in heavy rain from a public transport centre to Lappia-building refugee reception centre in Tornio, northwestern Finland, September 18, 2015 - Sputnik International
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