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Consequently, the Court held the Dutch residence requirement was contrary to Article 181 EC. As the violence rages in Iraq, a small stream of Iraqis is trickling into the United States despite improbable odds. The exemption does not apply in the case of acquisition of Austrian, Belgian, Norwegian, Danish or Luxembourg citizenship. This is due to the provisions of the Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality which the Netherlands became party to in 1985. Dutch nationality law is based primarily on the principle of Jus sanguinis. Successful completion of an eligible integration course is an alternative. The exception applies to persons born a person born before 1985 with only a Dutch mother, where the person is born in the Netherlands and would otherwise be stateless. In all cases the other country must allow dual citizenship in that particular situation.
In some cases the applicant will instead be able to use the option procedure. This must normally be proved by taking a naturalisation test. Historical prices and fundamental data provided by Hemscott, Inc. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been a lightning rod in a country that is struggling with how to deal with immigrants, most of them Muslim. However, there is undeniably an extreme downwards trend in those foreign residents of the Netherlands who are bothering to apply for local nationality. In effect, it is a form of simplified naturalisation.
The debate about the test illustrates the difficulty that Europe has with the immigration question.
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