Wednesday, January 25, 2006

[Netherlands] Dutch Immigration Restrictions Draw Fire / Islam Online, 22 Jan 2006

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2006-01/22/article05.shtml
Nasreddine Djebbi,
"From next March, foreigners seeking to immigrate to the Netherlands will have to sit, in their countries of origin, a test costing 350 euros ($425) before being granted a residence permit. This also applies to scholars and imams. The law further obliges any immigrant who wants to bring a relative into the country to have a salary exceeding the lowest rate of wages in the Netherlands. 'This violates international law on rights of minorities and right to family reunion and marriage,' Boujoufi said.
He asserted that the new rules would make it almost impossible for foreigners to marry except native Dutch."