Government Wants to Expel Criminals from the Antilles

Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin (Christian Democrats) is preparing a law which would allow the expulsion of criminals from the Dutch Antilles. Seven and a half percent of people from the Dutch Antilles living in the Netherlands have a police file, as opposed to 2 ½ percent of the total Dutch population. Hirsch Ballin stressed that this project is not discriminatory as the Dutch Antilles can also expel Dutch criminals.

www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article500768.ece/Kabinet_wil_uitzetten_criminele_Antillianen_mogelijk_maken

Shopkeepers Complain about East European Criminal Gangs

The Platform Detailhandel Nederland, which represents all Dutch shopkeepers, has called for the rapid establishment of a national police unit to deal with exposing criminal gangs which rob shops. In 2007 at least a thousand shops were robbed, mainly by gangs from Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Lithuania. They stole merchandise valued at 220 million Euro which is almost a third of the 700 million Euro value of goods stolen by shoplifters in the last year.

www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3170292/_Bendes_roven_winkels_leeg__.html

Billions of Euros for Reintegration of Unemployed Rarely Help in Finding Work

According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the monies spent on the reintegration of unemployed persons into the work force have hardly any effect on their finding employment. In 2004, 41% of those receiving assistance found work but, according to the ministry, this would have happened even without government help. The amount of money spent for this purpose has been reduced from 3 billion Euro in earlier years to 2.2 billion Euro in 2006. Minister of Social Affairs Piet Hein Donner (Christian Democrats) says that the situation is improving.

www.volkskrant.nl/economie/article499663.ece/Reiuml_ntegratie_leidt_zelden_tot_werk

Majority of Non-Western Immigrants Don’t Consider Themselves Dutch

The overwhelming majority of the progeny of non-western immigrants between the ages of 15-30, do not consider themselves Dutch. Only one-third of those originating in Surinam and the Dutch Antilles say that they feel like Dutchmen. Among Moroccans the figure is 23%, and among Turks it is only 19%. These were the findings of a poll among a thousand youngsters of whom 800 were non-Westerners. One-third of these want to leave the Netherlands; 50% think that the relationship between Dutch and non-western immigrants has deteriorated in recent years; and 40% think that this relationship will deteriorate even further. The study was ordered by Forum, the institute for multi-cultural development, and was carried out by Motivaction.

www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3160206/
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Doctors Remain Silent about Euthanasia of Babies

Each year, an estimated 15 babies in Dutch hospitals are subject to euthanasia. However, no cases have been reported to the special committee which was established a year ago by the Ministry of Justice. This was announced by Prof. J. Hubben, chairman of the commission.

http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article917715.ece/
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Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Forgets his Gun

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende’s bodyguard forgot his pistol after staying in a hotel with the Prime Minister. A cleaning woman found the gun after the Prime Minister and the bodyguard had left the hotel. This has been confirmed by the national police.

www.trouw.nl/laatstenieuws/laatstenieuws/article908112.ece
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Youngsters Condemned for Attack on Mosque

Four youngsters aged 16-19 have been condemned to detention and community service by the Haarlem court. They had thrown a number of Molotov cocktails against a local mosque. There was limited damage. The four said that there are already enough mosques in the Netherlands and this one had been built on their basketball court.

www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article499886.ece/
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