these efforts in recent years, the rate of job creation among ethnic minorities has been higher than among the general population.The percentage of minorities in Netherlands is less than 2%, the rest of the population is overwhelmingly Dutch. This country is strongly divided among racial, and regional lines, which is the reason why Netherlands has had to step in and establish regulations which protect the countries minorities. In 1996, immigration did become a political issue the government responded by tightening the criteria for immigration, however the countries policy still remained generous. “Further immigration measures were presented to parliament in November 1997. “They demand that those arriving to settle in the Netherlands (whether or not they hold a Dutch passport) take a language and literacy assessment and, if necessary, receive language tuition, as well as lessons in social assimilation and career guidance”(www.axt.org) The most anti-immigrant forces in Netherlands are the far off right wing political groups such as ‘Centrum Democraten’. The far right parties characterize immigrants as the main beneficiaries of the country’s welfare provisions, and are also against asylum seekers. Here are sources http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/netherlands/index.html#polhttp://freedomhouse.org/survey99/country/neth.htmlhttp://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive1/netherlands/netherlands.htm...
