▁the ▁Netherlands ▁Ant illes ) ▁wish ing ▁to ▁enter ▁Dutch ▁territory . ▁Young ▁people ▁from ▁these ▁countries ▁are ▁over - re present ed ▁in ▁crime ▁figures , ▁and ▁not ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁speak ▁Dutch ▁well , ▁or ▁not ▁as ▁their ▁first ▁language . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁possible ▁to ▁identify ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Car ib bean ▁as ▁such , ▁so ▁all ▁Dutch ▁national s ▁were ▁initially ▁covered , ▁except ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁spent ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 ▁years ▁of ▁their ▁child hood ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁The ▁intention ▁was , ▁in ▁fact , ▁to ▁pin point ▁residents ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Car ib bean . ▁This ▁plan ▁was ▁abandoned ▁after ▁legal ▁advice ▁from ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁State ▁( R a ad ▁van ▁State ), ▁declared ▁it ▁un const itution al . ▁The ▁law ▁now ▁applies ▁to ▁about ▁ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁ ▁One ▁highly ▁controvers ial ▁provision ▁was ▁that ▁some ▁people ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁any ▁Dutch ▁language ▁training ▁themselves , ▁and ▁receive ▁a ▁re imb urs ement ▁only ▁if ▁they ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁pass ▁the ▁exam . ▁This ▁has ▁been ▁abandoned ▁in ▁practice , ▁though ▁not ▁in ▁theory . ▁( See ▁Pl ans ) ▁ ▁Despite ▁w ides p read ▁controvers y , ▁only ▁one ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives , ▁F at ma ▁Ko ş er ▁K aya ▁( D 6 6 ), ▁voted ▁against ▁it . ▁In ▁the ▁Senate , ▁four ▁smaller ▁political ▁parties ▁opposed ▁it ,