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Minister wants to slash non-EU work permits

Friday 08 April 2011

The cabinet on Friday will discuss home affairs minister Henk Kamp’s plan to drastically reduce the number of work permits for non-EU nationals, the Telegraaf reports.

The rules for knowledge migrants will not be affected, the paper says.

The paper says the minister wants to make it much more difficult for companies to prove they cannot find suitable staff in the Netherlands or the EU.

‘There are 500,000 people sitting on the sidelines on social security benefits. That is a reservoir to be tapped into,’ the paper quotes the minister as saying.

Last year, the immigration service approved 14,000 work permits for people from outside the EU who did not fall under the knowledge migrant scheme.

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I hope Australia, Canada, the US, Japan, etc. stop giving work visa's to non-highly qualified Dutch because of this. This xenophobia in The Netherlands needs to stop!

By Quest | April 8, 2011 12:45 PM

It will give a chance to the locals to work. They enjoyed a lot on the expense of the sweat and blood of these immigrants. Now is the time for them to serve their own country. Work and work hard.

By J.Khan | April 10, 2011 12:15 AM

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