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| Netherlands To Deport Unemployed Foreigners, Require Dutch Language Proficiency For Welfare | |
| 2011-04-16 | |
| "Unemployed Poles will have to leave country," headlines De Volkskrant in its report on new measures to regulate workers from other EU countries proposed by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Henk Kamp of the liberal VVD party. According to the daily, the rules "will be reinforced. Those who cannot provide for themselves will have to leave."
The mayor of The Hague, who has spoken of a "tsunami of Eastern workers," and his counterpart in Rotterdam both voiced their support for the measures. However, the polish ambassador has said that the plan "is a subject for concern." De Volkskrant also announces that migrants from Europe and also from Turkey and Morocco who apply for welfare benefits "will have to demonstrate a mastery of the Dutch language." However, the daily also notes that these measures will require the modification of a number of European directives. | |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 De Volkskrant also announces that migrants from Europe and also from Turkey and Morocco who apply for welfare benefits "will have to demonstrate a mastery of the Dutch language." I like the part "Deport Unemployed Foreigners" better. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-04-16 13:38 |
| #1 these measures will require the modification of a number of European directives. At a minimum. They can get as frustrated as they want, but their hands are tied. The EU is built on "the four freedoms": free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor (i.e., people). The point of "the European project" was to remove barriers to movement and "harmonize" national laws, which concentrated and centralized decision-making at the top. So to solve their immigration problems, really, they'd have to dismantle the EU borg altogether. Good luck with that. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-04-16 11:40 |