{"id":156856,"date":"2023-06-30T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=156856"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:51","slug":"house-of-representatives-moves-for-urgent-external-investigation-into-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/06\/30\/house-of-representatives-moves-for-urgent-external-investigation-into-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Representatives moves for urgent external investigation into DUO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vast majority of the Dutch House of Representatives feels there is an urgent need for an investigation into Education Executive Agency DUO\u2019s approach to fraud involving the basic student grant. For the moment, however, the use of flimsy evidence will continue to be permitted.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the Higher Education Press Agency (HOP), Investico and NOSop3 reported<\/a> that the detection of fraud with the basic student grant is flawed and that students with a migration background in particular are being targeted.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives is alarmed. Last Tuesday, it overwhelmingly passed a DENK and D66 motion to urgently move for an independent, external investigation into DUO\u2019s enforcement practices.<\/p>\n

Some students live with their parents, but are registered somewhere else. This makes it look like they are living away from home, which means they receive around two thousand euros worth of extra basic student grant money they are not entitled to. DUO uses home visits and neighbourhood surveys (chats with the neighbours) to check if students are really \u2018living away from home\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t

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