Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders unveils a 10-point plan to slash migration in the Netherlands
The proposals put further strain on the fractious four-party ruling coalition that was cobbled together after Wilders' Party for Freedom swept to victory in a 2023 Dutch election on a platform pledging to slash migration.
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