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the funny thing is that the groups people are most concerned about were not 'admitted' to the Netherlands, but recruited on a large scale to come work there in the 60s and 70s.

People don't like to be reminded of that


I note that the article also states that a test on history was done as part of the interviews, and the average score was 5.2.

In the Netherlands, we use a scale of 10, 10 being flawless, and 6 needed for a pass.

So this is not all too surprising.

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Once again this proves the enormous diversity of the Netherlands! One moment we have you fooled, thinking we are all open and liberal, only to turn around with a breathtaking display of insecure provincial smallmindedness. Bleh.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 06:19:38 PM EST
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Well, at least you're exporting some of the assholes.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 06:20:39 PM EST
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Don't know if it's the assholes we're exporting. Starvid said he found the quote in the context of a report on Dutch people moving to Sweden, but the percentages are from a national poll.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 28th, 2008 at 07:06:49 PM EST
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