Dutch voters head to the polls on October 29 and far-right parties have made immigration the central issue of the campaign. This hardline rhetoric led to anti-immigrant riots in September in The Hague and violent protests in towns where asylum centres are set to open. Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration PVV is expected to become the largest party in parliament after the elections, but other parties are also adopting his anti-immigrat narrative and rising in the polls, notably the far-right party JA21. FRANCE 24’s Fernande van Tets and Alix Le Bourdon report.
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In the Netherlands, immigration dominates election campaign
