The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the Netherlands’ government over its policy for asylum-seekers, its leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday, toppling the governing coalition.

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders' PVV party left the governing coalition on Tuesday, in a move that is set to topple the right wing government.

Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders pulled his Freedom Party out of the Dutch government after coalition partners resisted his plans for tougher immigration rules. The government has lasted about a year,