Netherlands expels diplomats: scandal over “diaspora tax”
An Eritrean diplomat must leave the Netherlands. The background is Eritrea’s practice of deducting taxes from compatriots living abroad.

Architecture of classical modernism in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea Photo: dpa
Eritrean diplomat Tekeste Ghebremedhin Zemuy must leave the Netherlands. This was declared by Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra on Wednesday. In a letter he informed the parliament of this step, which he calls a "special exceptional case" and at the same time a "strong diplomatic signal".