Firms set up by immigrants rise by 12%
Some 90,000 (second generation) immigrants set up their own companies in the Netherlands last year, a 12% increase on 2005, according to figures from the chambers of trade association.
Some 20% of starters with a foreign background were Polish, most of whom set up building firms, the figures show. One-third of foreign starters were female.
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