Vanaf 1 January 1999 Netherlands is another new extreme right initiative 'richer'. The Independent National Press Office (ONP) opens a home page with posts “for anyone who wants to follow developments in the nationalist movement in the Netherlands”. ONP sees itself as a “independently of motion, organization or party operating resource”. The independence with which it… Read more
Sympathy for the extreme right ideology in the Netherlands since the early eighties not been so small as now. Since the local elections last year, where the splintered fascist movement 88 seats fell to a total of two, seems any attempt to peddle racist ideas through elections futile… Read more
Politiek in de marge
How intolerant towards native Dutch immigrants? Almost
25 year assesses the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) public opinion on
immigrants and publishes regularly about. In the late eighties, early
ninety we see a slight hardening of the climate of opinion, but according to the
SCP there are generally few changes. Just About 80% of the
population thinks that natives and immigrants should have equal treatment
have at distribution issues, such as housing and employment.
Just About 13% of the indigenous population rejects
immigrants. Just About 50% of the indigenous population is against immigration
opposed.
Regarding this last NIPO found in 1998 a different outcome:1 not
half, but three-quarters of the native Dutch against further
Immigration opposed. There is - according to the NIPO - a growing support for
immigration restrictions while confidence in integration and
adjustment of immigrants decreases. NIPO found this trend going on
Polls in the years 1993, 1995 en 1998.
Eind 1999 showed another NIPO survey, one third of the Dutch
opposes the granting of asylum to political or economic
vluchtelingen.2 thirds of the Dutch have supported policies
government for political refugees who fear for their own country
their lives to give asylum. About half of the respondents felt that
seekers give nuisance. Further thought about forty percent that asylum seekers
on average, are more criminal than Dutch.
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