Tuesday, December 14, 2004

MPs slam integration plan for Dutch people / Expatica Netherlands, 6 Dec 2004

"Almost all political parties in the Dutch Parliament have strongly criticised government plans to force Dutch people with a low education to undergo integration courses. And while the CDA praised Verdonk for seeking methods to obligate immigrants to integrate, the party labelled her plans to force Dutch natives to also undergo integration into society as "nonsense". It said the minister's energies should be focused on immigrants. Studies indicated in October that forcing permanent dual national immigrants to undergo Dutch language classes breaches the principle of equality."