An immigrant from a non-western country aged between 25 and 35 jaar will cost the public sector between €40,000 and €50,000 during his or her life time, according to research by private institute Nyfer for the anti-immigration PVV.

Nyfer calculates the arrival of 25,000 non-western immigrants and 25,000 children in the Netherlands every year will cost society some €7.2bn a year. According to the national statistics office CBS, some 48,000 non-western immigrants arrived in the Netherlands in 2008, while 30,000 left.
Immigrants from non-western countries are more likely to make use of subsidised housing, the health service and the social security system than other groups and contribute less to the treasury in terms of taxes and premiums, the Nyfer report says. They are also more likely to be involved in crime.
On the plus side, they are less likely to use subsidised childcare or become involved in higher education and have smaller state pensions because they do not meet the 50-year residency rule.
Definition
Nyfer defines a non-western immigrant as someone from Africa, Latin America, Turkey and Asia (excluding Indonesia and Japan) or who has at least one parent born in those countries.
Immigrants from the Antillean islands account for the biggest percentage of non-western immigration, followed by Turkey, Morocco, China and Suriname.
In a news release, PVV Geert Wilders described the figures as shocking. ‘The taxpayer has finally got… insight into what his money is being spent on,’ Wilders said.
The PVV wants an end to immigration from non-western countries.
Some 60% of immigrants to the Netherlands are from western countries, mainly the rest of the European Union.