More eastern Europeans in the Netherlands
There were 125,000 workers from central and eastern Europe in the Netherlands in March 2011, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS.
This is 20% up on March 2010, the CBS says.
Four out of five have Polish nationality, two-thirds are male and their average age is 33. Most have seasonal jobs in the farming and market gardening sectors.
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