Netherlands | Austrian Netherlands | Netherlands national football team | Immigration and Naturalization Service | Royal Netherlands Navy | immigration | Beatrix of the Netherlands | Limburg (Netherlands) | Netherlands Antilles | Immigration to the United States | William I of the Netherlands | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Spanish Netherlands | Ede, Netherlands | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | Southern Netherlands | Immigration | United Kingdom of the Netherlands | Netherlands national cricket team | Racial integration | illegal immigration | European integration | United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | States-General of the Netherlands | Social integration | Illegal immigration to the United States | Illegal immigration | Habsburg Netherlands | Emmen, Netherlands | William II of the Netherlands |
The initiative was spearheaded by Rita Verdonk, then Minister of Immigration and Integration, and Aart Jan de Geus, then Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.