The confrontation between the former minister he had threatened was probably attic and perhaps much needed. On Tuesday, D66 leader Kaag was present at the session about her threat and she made use of her right to speak.

A much-needed confrontation, then, a time when social media is populated by virtual positions that can put your bullets through with a few keystrokes. Who wouldn’t have a feeling when reading fears?

Still, I wondered if Sigrid Kaag had not lost sight of proportionality when, at the hearing, she compared the Netherlands to violent parts: “Working as a diplomat in the Middle East is living between security guards and in armored convoys, with every street corner. Yet I am sometimes more in the Netherlands than I have ever been.” It is possible, but then it is more a matter of subject than a rational and observation.

I was not quite sure about this when the news of the murdered Afghan interpreter startled the Netherlands: murdered in cold blood by the Taliban because he had interpreted for Dutch and Americans. He was on the Dutch evacuation list, but due to a too slow response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense, he could not be helped out of the country, like many others.

He begged to be helped out of ‘these horrific circumstances’

In the same Netherlands, where Kaag says he feels ‘more anxious than ever’, he would have wanted to be admitted ‘fervently’. For example, in an email he begged to be ‘helped out of these harsh and horrific circumstances’.

Although two ministers (Sigrid Kaag and Ank Bijleveld) had to resign to get out of Afghanistan, the question of guilt threatens to become more topical than ever. Especially when more bad news about murdered interpreters in Afghanistan comes our way.

More than an ‘evaluation’ about the evacuations from Kabul, a parliamentary inquiry seems really appropriate here. It will then no longer be just about the malfunctioning of ministries, but about human lives that are endangered by negligence.

And then there is only one conclusion

On the other hand, the ease with which asylum migrants from safe countries (usually from North Africa) enter the Netherlands is wry. This, this country has not been able to offer protection to real refugees who serve it in Afghanistan.

It is unknown how many of those ‘safe emigrants’ report to the Ter Apel reception centre. We do know that the numbers of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands are ‘huge’: between 1,100 and 1,300 every week. Thursday sun One today an alarming report from the municipality of Westerwolde, where the overcrowded reception center is located. The mayor for help and planning to cancel the contract with the Central Shelter for Asylum Seekers.

Then there is only one conclusion: the caretaker cabinet is unable to deal with the asylum problem, both inside and outside the borders.

Three times a week columnist casts Sylvain Ephimenco his view of current affairs. Read his columns here.