Anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders calls for ban on Muslim migrants

August 26, 2016 03:57 pm | Updated 03:57 pm IST - The Hague

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders talks to a delegate during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, in this file photo.

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders talks to a delegate during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, in this file photo.

Anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party has led opinion polls in the Netherlands for months, has published a one-page election manifesto calling for a ban on all asylum seekers and migrants from Islamic nations, and for the country to leave the European Union.

Mr. Wilders’ manifesto was the first published by a major political party ahead of elections for the lower house of Dutch parliament which are due by March 15 next year.

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