Dutch cabinet to ban foreign polygamists

THE HAGUE — The Dutch government is going to close a loophole in the law that currently allows immigrants with more than one wife to obtain Dutch citizenship if they have lived here for more than 15 years.

Justice Minister Nebahat Albayrak stressed that polygamy is not only banned in the Netherlands but is also morally unacceptable.

The move comes after mayors of the four largest Dutch cities have urged the Justice Ministry to close a loophole in the law that allows certain men to gain Dutch citizenship, despite having concluded polygamous marriages abroad, it was reported Friday.

The law in question applies to men of foreign origin who were born in the Netherlands and returned to their country of origin, where they concluded the marriages, and then returned to the Netherlands.

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Dutch cabinet to ban foreign polygamists
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