MRE in the Netherlands: two court cases against the decision to reduce the family allowances

Two lawsuits have been brought against the Government of the Netherlands for decided, active 40%, reduce family allowances on the wives and children of foreigners residing in the Netherlands under the pretext that lives her family out of the country. The Moroccans are the Turks that most civil party be worn.

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"The Government's decision to waive, reduce the + compensation for the loss of power + buy for pensioners outside the Netherlands to our favor for the two studies can play to come on the decline of 40% of the allowances for the families of the MRE of the Netherlands", believe Abdou Martyn, President of the Europe-Mediterranean Centre for migration and development (EMCEMO) in Amsterdam. Two lawsuits have been brought against the Dutch Government following, whose copyright holders given its decision to reduce social benefits, when they from abroad since January 1, 2013 life.

The first study concerns the wives of foreigners residing in the Netherlands who live abroad. Wednesday, June 29, opened and the verdict will be rendered in almost 6 weeks in July. «"950 Moroccan are affected by the decline of 40% of the certificates."»"For this test version 6 of 5 Turkish [decision applies to all those abroad, regardless of their nationality, the Publisher's life] and some other nationality women are bourgeois parties", Abdou Martyn reported. His club has these families in court to defend their rights pass promoted.

Women and children

A second study on the rights to these same benefits of 4500 children of foreigners resident to open in on September 1, Netherlands, living in a foreign country "their records are much more complex and their slightly different, explains that if a separate trial of the first" Abdou Martyn says.

The optimism which wants associative Moroccan the decision of the Government of the Netherlands, in a similar case, a measure that refrain from the Dutch judiciary as discriminatory and the retroactive reimbursement of all sums not paid. Pensioner who lived abroad and paid less than 90% of their taxes in the Netherlands have been deleted in June 2011 a small additional allowance, with the name of "Compensation for the loss of purchasing power for pensioners."9 000 to 10 000 Moroccans have affected by this measure in the amount of 30 euros per month,"said Abdou Martyn.

The Dutch Government back

"Compensation for the loss of purchasing power, the people at the age of 65 and more age that covers paid themselves with age of retirement in the Netherlands, the European Court of Justice, February 21. hangs the European Commission services in age, this allowance also reported by entering Accordingly "Pensioners in another Member State can settle without losing the value of their pensions," said she. Prior to the judgement of the European Court of Justice, a Dutch court sentenced the Dutch Government. May 24, he announced that would insert, and that it would reimburse all pensioners affected by this measure.

Should get 23 months cumulative, either between 575 and 690 euro only Moroccan retired. Overall, the Dutch Government pays retired between 5.8 million and 6.9 million euro to the Moroccan refined. This time, the decline of family aid, is that once again the Government is doomed, it might be the much larger sums to pay back.

The EMCEMO hope that now bilateral social security agreements occur agreement, no renewal prior to the judgment in two cases, the possibility of Dutch law to settle the matter in favour of the Moroccans to leave. The next bilateral meeting between Morocco and Dutch Governments must occur at the end of the month of June.