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Werent the moroccan migrants signed directly on the spot by the car factories who needed lots of cheap unqualified workers?
by Oosterbeek on Sat Nov 19th, 2022 at 01:09:40 PM EST
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History of immigration in the Netherlands

After the Second World War, the Netherlands was in ruins: all industry was destroyed, houses were devastated, and unemployment was sky-high. The country needed rebuilding and industrialisation. This reconstruction process led to an acute shortage on the labour market by the end of the 1950s and early '60s. Initially individual companies, but soon afterwards also the Dutch government, recruited workers with few qualifications from Southern Europe (especially Spain and Italy) to work in the new industrial sector. Many of these 'guest workers' (in Dutch: 'gastarbeiders') returned after a few years to their country of origin.

In the middle of the 1960s the Dutch economy boomed. The Dutch government decided to invite guest workers from Turkey and Morocco. Many (male) workers, often married with children, moved to the Netherlands. They hoped to earn a lot of money in a short time in order to be able to provide a better future for their family back home. 'Leaving to stay' was the paradox.

Pim Fortuyn, The Abrasive Populist Dutch Politician (2002)

An eco-maniac threw a custard pie ...

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sat Nov 19th, 2022 at 02:05:24 PM EST
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I m always surprised to see that there is zero degree of free speech when it comes to the narco states and the coffeeshops (now selling 'smart' stuff again such as musrooms..as if the psychatric structures in the EU were not already overwhelmed).
I have never seen a coffee shop employee speaking in english on camera about the 1 door business (allowed to sell but not to buy, no written laws). Neither did i see public records of the high level deals with the moroccan state (if indeed they exist).
by Oosterbeek on Sun Nov 20th, 2022 at 04:58:15 AM EST
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A new diary ...

A rant (Nederlands gesproken)

Dutch gods are on coke

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 20th, 2022 at 04:19:47 PM EST
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Feeding on populism after horrific wars in the Middle East

#ArabSpring #LibyaRegimeChange #SyriaAssadOut #SupportAlNusra #terror

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 20th, 2022 at 06:33:34 PM EST
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'Sapere aude'
by Oui (Oui) on Sat Nov 19th, 2022 at 08:29:03 PM EST
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