Dutch integration process to include stricter language, job requirements from 2021
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch integration process to include stricter language, job requirements from 2021

NL Times  

Some immigrants and asylum seekers who arrive in the Netherlands from next summer year may be required to learn a higher level of Dutch and to take up an occupation or voluntary service in tandem with language courses in order to integrate more quickly, according to a new proposal by Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Wouter Koolmees. Because the cabinet believes it takes too long for asylum seekers to assimilate into Dutch society, the ministry wants to implement necessary reforms to the integration system "as soon as possible". "The existing system also leaves room for malicious parties to, for example, commit fraud during language lessons," the cabinet added, pointing out that the new proposal, which includes a moratorium on loans for asylum seekers, would be a solution to this problem. Language school fraud A number of schools designed to teach language and integration courses to refugee status holders were accused in a scheme where they provided money or gifts to would-be students if they signed up for nonexistent courses.

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Learning Dutch to be central to new "integration" approach
1 month, 1 week ago

Learning Dutch to be central to new "integration" approach

Dutch News  

“The coalition agreement stated that employers are to be given more responsibility for their workers’ language education,” Nobel said in a 12-page outline of his plans to integrate foreign residents into the Netherlands. “More details on improving the language skills of people who don’t have to integrate will be published in the first quarter.” A spokeswoman for the social affairs …

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

Dutch News  

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

Dutch News  

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

New language requirement making Dutch citizenship unattainable: Refugee organization
4 years, 4 months ago

New language requirement making Dutch citizenship unattainable: Refugee organization

NL Times  

The government's new language requirements will make Dutch citizenship unattainable for between 50 thousand and 100 thousand refugees in the country, according to refugee organization Vlucthelingenwerk Nederland. The increased language requirement has a "discriminatory effect" that will result in a group of "second class citizens", the organization said to RTL Nieuws. The government now wants to increase the language requirement …

Language, bureaucracy main obstacles for Syrians' integration
5 years ago

Language, bureaucracy main obstacles for Syrians' integration

NL Times  

Syrian refugees are struggling to integrate in the Netherlands, although many of them want to do so, according to report by social and cultural planning office SCP. Their main obstacles are getting stuck in bureaucracy and language schools that are underperforming, the SCP researchers found when interviewing Syrian refugees on the participation policy in the Netherlands, NOS reports. Many language …

Foreign students may face Dutch language lessons: Times Higher Education
5 years, 7 months ago

Foreign students may face Dutch language lessons: Times Higher Education

Dutch News  

Dutch universities fear the government may be planning to bring in some form of compulsory Dutch lessons for foreign students, Times Higher Education said on Thursday. There has been mounting concern in the Netherlands about the number of foreign students attending Dutch university and college courses, prompting many degrees to be only offered in Dutch. In June 2018, education minister …

Foreign students may face Dutch language lessons: Times Higher Education
5 years, 7 months ago

Foreign students may face Dutch language lessons: Times Higher Education

Dutch News  

Dutch universities fear the government may be planning to bring in some form of compulsory Dutch lessons for foreign students, Times Higher Education said on Thursday. There has been mounting concern in the Netherlands about the number of foreign students attending Dutch university and college courses, prompting many degrees to be only offered in Dutch. In June 2018, education minister …

German under threat in Dutch school curriculum, says institute
5 years, 7 months ago

German under threat in Dutch school curriculum, says institute

Dutch News  

A lack of teachers and more freedom for schools to opt for other languages is threatening the position of German in the Dutch school curriculum, the German cultural institute DIA has warned. English is one of two compulsory languages at Dutch secondary schools and pupils could traditionally choose between French or German as a second one. Everyone should learn the …

German under threat in Dutch school curriculum, says institute
5 years, 7 months ago

German under threat in Dutch school curriculum, says institute

Dutch News  

A lack of teachers and more freedom for schools to opt for other languages is threatening the position of German in the Dutch school curriculum, the German cultural institute DIA has warned. English is one of two compulsory languages at Dutch secondary schools and pupils could traditionally choose between French or German as a second one. Everyone should learn the …

Dutch schools 'wrestle' with surge in expat children: Trouw
6 years, 2 months ago

Dutch schools 'wrestle' with surge in expat children: Trouw

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Eindhoven, Amsterdam and The Hague are expecting a surge in the number of ‘expat’ children in the coming years, Trouw reported on Monday. This means local authorities have to fund special language classes and programmes to integrate foreign children into the Dutch system, the paper said. The region, he said, has opted to ‘internationalise regular schools to …

Dutch schools 'wrestle' with surge in expat children: Trouw
6 years, 2 months ago

Dutch schools 'wrestle' with surge in expat children: Trouw

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Eindhoven, Amsterdam and The Hague are expecting a surge in the number of ‘expat’ children in the coming years, Trouw reported on Monday. This means local authorities have to fund special language classes and programmes to integrate foreign children into the Dutch system, the paper said. The region, he said, has opted to ‘internationalise regular schools to …

Police seize €10,000 in raids on 'fraudulent' language schools
6 years, 8 months ago

Police seize €10,000 in raids on 'fraudulent' language schools

Dutch News  

Police investigating fraud at two language schools in Amsterdam and Utrecht have seized €10,000 in cash in a series of raids. The agency in Utrecht is suspected of registering non-existent students for the civic integration course, using forged signatures, in order to claim extra grant money from the exams regulator Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs. Currently new migrants are given a €10,000 …

Police seize €10,000 in raids on 'fraudulent' language schools
6 years, 8 months ago

Police seize €10,000 in raids on 'fraudulent' language schools

Dutch News  

Police investigating fraud at two language schools in Amsterdam and Utrecht have seized €10,000 in cash in a series of raids. The agency in Utrecht is suspected of registering non-existent students for the civic integration course, using forged signatures, in order to claim extra grant money from the exams regulator Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs. Currently new migrants are given a €10,000 …

Complicated integration system is failing refugees, says new report
6 years, 11 months ago

Complicated integration system is failing refugees, says new report

Dutch News  

The current system of integration courses and lessons for refugees is so complicated that many cannot find their way and the government needs to step in, according to new research by the Verwey-Jonker institute. Since 2013, refugees and other newcomers are responsible for sorting out their own integration into Dutch society and have three years to pass seven exams on …

Complicated integration system is failing refugees, says new report
6 years, 11 months ago

Complicated integration system is failing refugees, says new report

Dutch News  

The current system of integration courses and lessons for refugees is so complicated that many cannot find their way and the government needs to step in, according to new research by the Verwey-Jonker institute. Since 2013, refugees and other newcomers are responsible for sorting out their own integration into Dutch society and have three years to pass seven exams on …

Immigrants 'falling victim to language course cons': Trouw
7 years, 1 month ago

Immigrants 'falling victim to language course cons': Trouw

Dutch News  

Immigrants are falling victim to fraudulent language agencies, claims Trouw on Friday. The paper writes that – partly funded with government grants – some language agencies are giving fewer lessons than agreed, fiddling bills and ‘giving lessons in Arabic.’ Inspections body Blik op Werk received 110 complaints about language schools last year, Trouw says. In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, …

Immigrants 'falling victim to language course cons': Trouw
7 years, 1 month ago

Immigrants 'falling victim to language course cons': Trouw

Dutch News  

Immigrants are falling victim to fraudulent language agencies, claims Trouw on Friday. The paper writes that – partly funded with government grants – some language agencies are giving fewer lessons than agreed, fiddling bills and ‘giving lessons in Arabic.’ Inspections body Blik op Werk received 110 complaints about language schools last year, Trouw says. In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, …

Many problems with Dutch integration exam: language lecturers
7 years, 11 months ago

Many problems with Dutch integration exam: language lecturers

NL Times  

There are many problems with the integration exam immigrants have to pass if they want to get their Dutch passport, language schools, teachers of Dutch as a second language ant the NT2 professional association said to newspaper Trouw. This results in many immigrants struggling to integrate into Dutch society, according to the language teachers. And the exam currently focuses primarily …

Dutch schools should pay more attention to integration: Education Inspectorate
8 years, 1 month ago

Dutch schools should pay more attention to integration: Education Inspectorate

NL Times  

Schools in the Netherlands need major improvements in their integration education, according to the Education Inspectorate, ANP reports. According to the Inspectorate, Dutch schools are failing wit attempts to teach students about typical Dutch values, despite the fact that schools are required to pay attention to what it means to be a citizen of the Netherlands. The Dutch Education Law …

Netherlands to give quick language lessons to promising asylum seekers
8 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands to give quick language lessons to promising asylum seekers

NL Times  

Asylum seekers who have a good chance of getting refugee status in the Netherlands, will from now on start language lessons almost immediately. Syrian- and Eritrean asylum seekers in particular will benefit from this new policy, PvdA Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs announced, the Telegraaf reports. Coalition partner VVD only wants to give asylum seekers language lessons once they've …

Schools call for more cash to teach Dutch to refugee school children
8 years, 11 months ago

Schools call for more cash to teach Dutch to refugee school children

Dutch News  

More money is urgently needed to provide language teaching to very young asylum seekers to prevent them trailing their Dutch peers, according to the primary school education council PO-Raad. ‘If we don’t invest in good education for these children, we are creating unnecessary disadvantages,’ chairwoman Rinda den Besten is quoted as saying by RTL news. ‘ will feel the disadvantages …

Schools call for more cash to teach Dutch to refugee school children
8 years, 11 months ago

Schools call for more cash to teach Dutch to refugee school children

Dutch News  

More money is urgently needed to provide language teaching to very young asylum seekers to prevent them trailing their Dutch peers, according to the primary school education council PO-Raad. ‘If we don’t invest in good education for these children, we are creating unnecessary disadvantages,’ chairwoman Rinda den Besten is quoted as saying by RTL news. ‘ will feel the disadvantages …

Urgent need for cash to teach child asylum seekers Dutch
8 years, 11 months ago

Urgent need for cash to teach child asylum seekers Dutch

NL Times  

Primary schools urgently need more money for language lessons for child asylum seekers. The government gives money for extra language lessons if a school has more than four asylum children, but it is not nearly enough, according to a study done by education council PO-Raad among 200 schools, NOS reports. Last year about 5,800 child asylum seekers enrolled in primary …

Amsterdam schools could do more to embrace bilingualism: survey
9 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam schools could do more to embrace bilingualism: survey

Dutch News  

Amsterdam should be doing more to encourage bilingual education in the city and schools should do more to help new children who speak a different language adjust to the Dutch system, according to research by the city council. The survey found 45% of the children of international workers attend an ordinary Dutch school, 40% go to international schools and 15% …

Amsterdam schools could do more to embrace bilingualism: survey
9 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam schools could do more to embrace bilingualism: survey

Dutch News  

Amsterdam should be doing more to encourage bilingual education in the city and schools should do more to help new children who speak a different language adjust to the Dutch system, according to research by the city council. The survey found 45% of the children of international workers attend an ordinary Dutch school, 40% go to international schools and 15% …

Schools can't cope with rise in refugee pupils
10 years, 1 month ago

Schools can't cope with rise in refugee pupils

Dutch News  

A number of secondary schools in the Netherlands are finding it hard to cope with the arrival of so many new child refugees, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday. The paper says schools are not given any additional funding for refugees who arrived in the country after October 1 and in some cases schools are having to find tens of thousands …

DutchNews.nl
18 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The Dutch might have an obsession about how well they speak foreign languages but they Now MPs from across the political spectrum – with the honourable exception of GroenLinks and the left-wing D66 -have agreed to introduce a language test for all children before they reach the age of four. They just speak another language – possibly two. Integration is …

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