Netherlands to limit asylum permits in bid to curb migration

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will limit permits for asylum seekers to a maximum of three years and will introduce border controls next month, as part of a broader clampdown on asylum migration, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday.

The measure is part of a package of measures aimed at curbing asylum migration, an objective of the new right-wing government led by Geert Wilders' anti-Muslim party PVV.