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Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract

All newcomers to the Netherlands who are required to take an integration course will also have to sign a ‘participation declaration’ pledging to uphold Dutch values, the government agreed on Friday. However, ‘at a later moment, people who do not have to take integration courses, such as EU migrants, may also be offered such a programme’, social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher said in a briefing to parliament. The participation declaration programme will form the first part of the main integration course and people who refuse to sign could be fined up to €1,250. Speaking Dutch is very important in this.’ The declaration ends with the signatory saying they have taken note of these Dutch values and will play an active part in Dutch society.

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Pledge to uphold key Dutch values now included in integration package

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Immigrants in Netherlands must now pledge to uphold, support Dutch values

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Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract

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Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation

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Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation

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Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation

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Cabinet goes ahead with 'participation declaration' for most foreigners

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Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too

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Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too

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