Impending crackdown in the works.
The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of
multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a
parallel society within the Netherlands.
A new integration bill (covering letter and 15-page action plan),
which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament
on June 16, reads: "The government shares the social dissatisfaction
over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the
values of the Dutch people. In the new integration system, the values of
the Dutch society play a central role. With this change, the government
steps away from the model of a multicultural society."
The letter continues: "A more obligatory integration is justified
because the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is
necessary because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and
eventually no one feels at home anymore in the Netherlands. The
integration will not be tailored to different groups."
The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For
example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and
the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants to ignore
Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.
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