“For me, the asylum seekers here aren't refugees. They came through six or seven safe countries.”

—  Geert Wilders

Interview http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/dutch-populist-geert-wilders-wants-to-leave-the-eu-a-1100931.html, Spiegel Online (1 July 2016)
2010s

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