29 March 2016 Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch anti-Islam party PVV (Party for Freedom), has not ruled out a possible future legal ban on Islam. “It might get that far at some point”, he said during a recent parliamentary debate on the Brussel Attacks. According to Wilders the time has begun to become intolerant…
1 February 2016 In 2015, 230 thousand people registered in Dutch municipalities as immigrant. This is almost 20 thousand more than in 2014. The amount of emigrants that left the Netherlands approximately stayed the same as in earlier years: 146 thousand. The result is a relatively high migration balance, comparable with similar periods in which…
1 February 2016 Both people that are positive and negative about the coming of refugees think the Dutch government is lacking in its information concerning the housing of refugees. People feel uninformed. This was concluded by researcher Marjan de Gruijter of the Knowledge Platform Integration & Society (KIS) based on in-depth interviews about the refugee…
18 February 2016 With a little bit of luck a Dutch-educated imam would also be a good remedy against radicalism, the minister believes. Some of the current Dutch imams are on another frequency than the youth in their mosques. They do not always speak Dutch well, while they mostly know a lot about theology. Bussemaker:…
February 4, 2015 The motives of girls and young women to travel to ISIS in Syria differ from the motives of young men. It is therefore a good idea to develop a different approach to prevent these young women to leave. Involve the parents actively with these interventions. Work on the defensibility of these women…
