If the government give passports to the 27000 refuges, who were given amnesty in 2007. They can not get/apply for a passport till June 2012, besides fulfilling all the requirements. If they remove the time bar, then we will see majority of them moving out at once from our country.

By Jerry | March 29, 2010 3:22 PM

Here, the word Allochton and Nederlands als Tweede taal puts you direct into the side of the economy w ether you are high-skilled. Mos t of my friends whom were together at Univers ity are doing exactly w hat theys tudied from their countries in Britain.A univeristy graduates made to learn alphabet. It is strange and frustration.

By dema | March 29, 2010 5:03 PM

Excellent news; only 90% to go. Getting them all to Britain will allow them to exploit their talents to the full & maximize the EU's benefit from their presence.

By Vogon Poet | March 29, 2010 6:50 PM

I wish the Dutch government will do a study and find out why these people left. If someone thinks another country in Europe is better than Netherlands shouldn't that be a matter of concern for the Dutch ? Dont the Dutch want their country to be known as the best in Europe ?

By M.C.M. Iqbal | March 29, 2010 11:35 PM

There's one benefit in the UK the Dutch will never provide: the language. English is easier to learn and is more widespread. It does not diminish other aspects of course.

By Dark Knight | March 30, 2010 4:08 PM

How ironic that the 2 countries where people are most deserving of asylum (Iraq and former Yugoslavia where wars have ranged) have the people most willing to return home.

These Iraqis and Yugoslavs are probably the vast majority of people who genuinely deserve asylum, while the rest are predominately 'economic migrants' from poor countries (where they're not at all politically oppressed) just using the generous asylum system to get them and their family into an easier way of life (ie. becoming welfare burdens)

By Tribe Voice | March 31, 2010 5:00 PM

Does anyone know how to help a kid without a country whose status has been revoked in the Netherlands? He is a stateless person with nowhere to go. He continues to live without an ID and study at the university but is facing jail.

By Susan Reeve | April 5, 2010 5:00 PM