The Dutch have a history of tolerance? The article reflects a complete historical myopia of the atrocities of the Dutch Empire which led to the deaths of thousands of innocents in the Dutch colonies, particularly Indonesia. Right-wing, ant-immigrant politicians in the country are simply tapping into residues of their own racist, colonial past, and are now justifying these sentiments as legitimate responses to immigrants who are coming in many cases from countries the Dutch themselves colonized, like Indonesia.  The Independent published a scathing article about Dutch brutality recently during the colonial period.