Thursday, November 11, 2004

Dutch urge EU to act fast to integrate immigrants / Reuters, 10 Nov 2004

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10154647.htm
"Many European Union states are at risk from increasing radicalism among young Muslims and must act urgently to improve integration of foreigners, Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk said on Wednesday.
Verdonk called on a conference of EU officials in the northern Dutch town of Groningen to discuss concrete measures to improve integration of Europe's growing immigrant communities.
She was speaking as Dutch police were engaged in a standoff with suspects sought in an anti-terrorism investigation and just over a week after police arrested a 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan on suspicion of killing outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
'I am speaking to you with an urgent tone. There are problems that we must keep our eye on. If we don't do anything, these problems will only get worse in the long term,' she said."