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:…
21 February 2016 Over the course of the past few days, the East German federal state of Saxony was once more the scene of violent anti-immigration protests, described as verging on a pogrom by senior German politicians. On Thursday evening, a group of one hundred demonstrators attempted to block the arrival a bus bringing refugees…
February 7, 2016 The rally saw around 150 protestors gather in central Calais carrying signs such as “This is our home,” waving the French flag and singing the French national anthem. Among them was 75-year-old Piquemal, who was leading the march, and who was one of the dozen or so arrested. He was due to…
