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Succesfull Regularization in the Netherlands, 2007

Succesfull Regularization in the Netherlands, 2007. Rian Ederveen Stichting LOS. Outline. Background: migrants in the Netherlands Asylum policy and solidarity-groups Regularization: criteria and effects Conditions for success After the regularization…. Inhabitants 17mln

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Succesfull Regularization in the Netherlands, 2007

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  1. Succesfull Regularization in the Netherlands, 2007 Rian Ederveen Stichting LOS

  2. Outline • Background: migrants in the Netherlands • Asylum policy and solidarity-groups • Regularization: criteria and effects • Conditions for success • After the regularization…

  3. Inhabitants 17mln Ethnic Dutch 13,5mln Migrant 3,3mln 1. generation migrant 1,6mln 2. generation migrant 1,6mln Countries of origin: (2,1mln) Belgium 110.000 Germany 380.000 Indonesia 380.000 Surinam 340.000 Antillen 140.000 Morocco 350.000 Turkey 380.000 Undocumented migrants 2005: EU: 12.000- 70.000 (40.000) Non-EU 62.000- 114.000 (90.000) Ex-asylum 1/3 Migrants in the Netherlands

  4. Netherlands: immigration 2007

  5. Netherlands: immigration 1995 - 2007

  6. 1998: insufficient Asylum Shelters

  7. Government measures as reaction on Shelter-crisis: • 1998: refusal shelter to Dublin-claimants, people with Repeated Asylumrequests, migrants in other admission procedures (humanitarian) • from 1998: new policies to force rejected asylumseekers to leave shelter • new aliens act 2001: immediately after rejected asylum request no right to shelter • 2004: special removal-policy for rejected asylumseekers, number: 26.000

  8. Solidarity Movement reaction on Government measures Private shelters, often with support from local governments (in 2004: 5.000 people in 100 local shelters from solidarity groups) AND: demonstrations, actions, films

  9. Shelters Solidarity Groups

  10. Elections november 2006

  11. Regularization: criteria • asylumrequest before april 1, 2001 (new aliens act) • still in Netherlands included: asylumseekers with temporary staypermit; rejected asylumseekers; with doubts about age/ nationality; family members excluded: left the country, criminal offences Condition: local governments have to stop support to solidarity groups and shelters from 2009

  12. Regularization: system • Special taskforce IND: quick process • People known to IND: automatic offer • People unknown to IND: majors’ letter of support, with help of solidarity organizations Number: 28.000, of which 9.000 really undocumented: either living in solidarityshelters or with friends

  13. Pardonloket Amsterdam

  14. Pardonloket Rotterdam

  15. Nationalities Single: 60% Ages Background regularized group in Utrecht

  16. Conditions before regularization: people without government-shelter

  17. Conditions after regularization Housing: completed december 2009

  18. What made the regularization successfull? • political moment: prepared with political parties, decision immediately after elections • agreement between solidarity groups about criteria • generous criteria: most inhabitants of solidarity shelters regularized • solidarity groups and local governments involved in process: reporting, housing, jobs, education... • policy-change: temporary no new inflow of rejected asylumseekers • agreement with local governments to stop support solidarity groups; condition: government offers shelter for rejected asylumseekers untill return

  19. Lessons learned from the regularizaton: • solidarity diminishes: public, media, local politicians • condition closing of solidarity-shelters is painfull • policy of forcing rejected asylumseekers to leave official asylum shelters didn’t change • policy change creates more rejected asylumseekers • although generous, non-asylum group was forgotten • no chance for new regularization any time soon

  20. Struggle continues with new focus http://www.geenkindopstraat.nl/pages/gkos/youtube

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