Thursday, January 26, 2006

Dutch Introduce Exams for Immigrants, Consider Army Drill for Youths / Canada Free Press, 22 Jan 2006

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/brussels012206a.htm
Paul Belien
"Fearing the occurrence of �French situations� such as the widespread rioting by immigrant youths in France in November last year, politicians from the Right and the Left have embraced the proposal to send young people to a military drill camp. The proposal was made this week by the former entrepreneur Hans de Boer, who was recently appointed by the government to head the Taskforce for Youth Unemployment. De Boer said in Thursday�s papers that young dropouts, who have no jobs or qualifications, have to be sent to �prep camps� in order to be drilled and prepared to go back to school. He called upon the army to encourage decent and responsible behaviour in the youths. One of the sites for such training is a former army barracks in Budel, near the Belgian border."