Some Dutch universities are considering a halt on accepting foreign students.
Dutch universities have become so internationally renowned, that 210 of our academic studies now have more than half of their class filled with foreign students.
70 studies even have more than 3/4 foreign students.
Some of those come for a 1 year exchange program, but the vast majority are going to do the full 4 to 8 years here.
The TU Delft even broke national law by instating a full stop on students from outisde the EU for their bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering, because they had just too many applications.
This is illegal, but they got special permission from the minister of Education.
Dutch universities have become so popular because of their high quality, affordability, and because nearly all academic studies are taught 100% in english, contrary to universities in other EU countries like France and Italy.
For years, the internationalization has been promoted and encouraged by the universities, but now they fear it has gone too far.
Especially restricted studies with a numerus fixus are worried that national applicants will be ousted by foreign applicants. There's no evidence that this is already the case, though.
Universities have joined forces now and asked minister van Engelshoven to make a law that requires at least 50% of all spots for a studies be reserved for national applicants.
It is unlikely that the minister can comply though. Refusing students based on nationality is discrimination, and in contradiction with our Constitution.