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Compensation protest: ‘A mortgage is gone with a 40k loan’.

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For some students the protest in 2022 was a bit of an outing, with Heineken

Image by: Josephine Hartmann

Image by: Josephine Hartmann

If you want to buy a house and you have a student debt, you’ll get a lower mortgage.

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Even the face mask served as a protest sign.

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On stage, the talk was about the 'bad luck generation', members of Rood, the youth branch of the Socialist Party SP, spoke of 'the screwed generation'.

Image by: Josephine Hartmann

Image by: Josephine Hartmann

Jokes about the Prime Minister's (lack of) memory were very popular.

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Students who were and are covered by the loan system will receive a compensation now that the system is being abolished. This will probably amount to about 1,000 euros, while they would have received about 14,000 euros with a student grant. That is why they call it #krompensatie (‘unfair’ compensation)

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As additional compensation, the loan system generation will receive 'study vouchers' that they can use for extra training after graduating. But you can't pay the rent with those, according to this demonstrator.

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In solidarity with his student daughter and others having study debts, a man joined the protest march with a heavy burden around his neck.

Image by: Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

Read the report about the protest

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