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New Dutch PM sworn in with mission to curb asylum

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Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Fleur Agema shakes hands with King Willem-Alexander (C) at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. [Remko De Waa, AFP]

Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in former spy chief Dick Schoof as new prime minister Tuesday, at the head of a right-wing coalition cabinet with a mission to implement the "strictest-ever" immigration policy in the country.

Two hundred and twenty-three days after far-right leader Geert Wilders swept to an election victory that stunned Europe and the world, Schoof took over from Mark Rutte after 14 years in power.

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