Government: staying means participating /Autumn Memorandum 2015: additional funding to deal with influx of asylum seekers / Autumn Memorandum 2015: additional funding to deal with influx of asylum seekers

The Dutch Government announced in November 2015 that refugees with a residence permit must start participating in Dutch society as soon as possible. Learning the Dutch language and core values, and finding employment were crucial to this.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Ministers agree ‘compromise’ on refugees, big cities to offer bed and board http://www.europeansources.info/record/ministers-agree-compromise-on-refugees-big-cities-to-offer-bed-and-board/

ESO: Background information: Refugee crisis requires decency, not political point-scoring http://www.europeansources.info/record/refugee-crisis-requires-decency-not-political-point-scoring/

The Netherlands: Government.nl: Topics: Asylum policy https://www.government.nl/topics/asylum-policy

Dutch News.nl, 22.01.16: Taking the integration test: how do you deal with a noisy party next door? http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/01/integrating-in-the-netherlands-inburgering-test/

Dutch News.nl, 22.01.16: Police threaten anti-refugee rioters with naming and shaming http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/01/83789-2/

BBC News, 22.01.16: Refugee 'backlash' as tensions rise in the Netherlands http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35379726

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