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Rijckevorsel, René van
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Regulate immigration through supply and demand
Recent forecasts estimate that by 2012 some 60 percent of Rotterdam's population will be comprised of immigrants. The conservative news magazine Elsevier calls for action now: "The indifference with which this development is passed off as unavoidable is worrying. Not because immigrants shouldn't have the right to settle in the Netherlands. If they do something that can't be done by those who live here they must be made welcome. But unfortunately that is only seldom the case. A disproportionally high number of non-Western migrants are welfare recipients, criminals or school drop-outs. ... Instead of basing our immigration policy on local demand, the Cabinet is bowing to the supply from abroad, especially of uneducated spouses and family members. This anti-policy does no good to anyone, neither the Dutch residents nor the migrants. It's time to wake up, Cabinet."
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Integration policy is an illusion
According to a recent study, Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands prefer to live in the same areas of town near their families and businesses. This is a blow for those who hope to promote integration through mixed residential areas, writes the conservative weekly Elsevier: "Forced integration is a deluded policy. We have always preferred to live among people who share the same cultural, economic and social values we ourselves have. ... Let the immigrants live together. They can integrate, if necessary, through their working lives. Rather than an integration policy what the Netherlands needs is a strict but fair immigration policy - one that only allows immigrants who can make a contribution and want to work to come here. Integration will then follow automatically, without state intervention."
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More from the press review on the subject » Integration, » Netherlands
No pity for drug smugglers
The Netherlands is the country with the greatest number of citizens in prison in other countries in the world. According to a study, most of them were caught smuggling drugs to pay off debts. The political weekly Elsevier writes that they deserve no pity: "Yet people insist on making martyrs of these people, who should be allowed to serve their sentences in the Netherlands if at all possible. Needless to say the sentences would be shorter and served under more comfortable conditions. You would think people would realise that there can be no more effective campaign against smuggling drugs than letting Dutch smugglers ... live out the rest of their miserable lives among rats and without even a mattress. But the opposite is the case. As soon as they are released from foreign prisons they are given a hero's welcome. The government should change its policy of tolerance. It has caused the Netherlands ... to be dubbed Europe's 'narco-state': the leading producer of cannabis and the top trading centre for cocaine and heroine."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Netherlands
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