November 22, 2006
Dutch Await Election Results
As the Dutch await the results of today's parliamentary election, it will be interesting (and possibly instructive) for the rest of us to see who ends up in power: current Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who is looking to make immigration more restrictive, or his challenger Wouter Bos, who would grant citizenship to thousands of asylum seekers who have been living in the Netherlands illegally.
Balkenende has made cuts in welfare and brought the Dutch jobless rate to only 4% (the lowest in Europe), and he wants to integrate immigrants more fully into the culture.
I find it interesting, though, that some put the onus on the country for immigrants to integrate:
...Ismael Dirie, a Somali-born Dutch citizen, said that little positive was being done to help immigrants integrate.
"For me, most doors are closed in the Netherlands," he said. "Nobody is happy, but it is still better than Somalia."
Makes me wonder how much people like him want to integrate.
This is one to watch.
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