Immigrants leave major four cities
Thursday 11 October 2007
The proportion of immigrants in the country's four major cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague fell slightly between 2000 and 2006, as fewer newcomers moved in and more people left, according to figures from the national statistic office.
The less tolerant climate towards foreigners, tighter immigration rules and the economic downturn around 2000 could account for the decline, CBS spokesman Jan Latten told the Volkskrant.
In particular, well-educated young people with an ethnic minority background are leaving, often for America or other western countries Latten said. 'They are going where it is easiest to find a job or where they can earn the most money,' he told the paper.
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It is difficult to control well-educated persons with restrictive labour laws eg by allowing them to work certain number of hours per day.
It is a fact that people only take passports or cizenships and then move to England, Canada, USA and Australia where there liberalised labour laws.
Another, fact is that English is very easy to learn in detail hence the movement.
I will cite a funy example,if you bring your drivers licence from my country to England you simply exchange and start to drive. But here it is a big hastle, you start afresh.
By sugar | October 11, 2007 3:52 PM