Minister Verdronk is really getting nasty
I'm sure many of you who watch the Dutch television of heard of Minister Verdonk (Verdronk) the Minister of Alien Affairs and Integration , and her incredible right wing approach to immigration in the Netherlands. I'm sorry I cannot take this woman seriously. Let's look at the last copule of acts she has tried or has passed:
- She tried to pass a fine to anyone who public spoke any other language other than Dutch. Yeah that's gret for the tourist inducstry. Thank goodness this was laughed out.
- She deported Taida Pasic (18 year old girl) just a few months before she could get her highschool degree, becuase there were some forms improperly filled out. Now she has to go back Kosovo where she probably won't get as good a diploma or education.
So now Verdronk says all Iranian Gay and Lesbian refugees can go back to Iran, becvuase it's safe for them there again. Huh? (Check this link on Human Rights Watch) Well if you consider the death penalty to be safe Verdronk, I guess so. How does this woman sleep at night. I really wish we could just drop her in the middle of some foreign country and have her try and find her way cak to the Netherlands. Then maybe she would understand what it's like to be a foriegner.
For those of you who feel that Verdrtonk is right and too many Aliens are penetrating Holland, I say go try and take the Dutch Citizenship Test to see if you pass to be Dutch or not.
Netherlands: Threat to Return Gay and Lesbian Iranians (Human Rights Watch, 8-3-2006)
- She tried to pass a fine to anyone who public spoke any other language other than Dutch. Yeah that's gret for the tourist inducstry. Thank goodness this was laughed out.
- She deported Taida Pasic (18 year old girl) just a few months before she could get her highschool degree, becuase there were some forms improperly filled out. Now she has to go back Kosovo where she probably won't get as good a diploma or education.
So now Verdronk says all Iranian Gay and Lesbian refugees can go back to Iran, becvuase it's safe for them there again. Huh? (Check this link on Human Rights Watch) Well if you consider the death penalty to be safe Verdronk, I guess so. How does this woman sleep at night. I really wish we could just drop her in the middle of some foreign country and have her try and find her way cak to the Netherlands. Then maybe she would understand what it's like to be a foriegner.
For those of you who feel that Verdrtonk is right and too many Aliens are penetrating Holland, I say go try and take the Dutch Citizenship Test to see if you pass to be Dutch or not.
Netherlands: Threat to Return Gay and Lesbian Iranians (Human Rights Watch, 8-3-2006)
gabemac posted at 14:44 |
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Almost 32 years ago I was born in Groningen, here in the Netherlands. I've lived , worked and studied in this country all those years, I kind of considered myself reasonably intelligent and I graduated from a Hogeschool not too long ago, but I seem to be poorly integrated in this country...
5,2 TSA!
I believe that's my lowest score on a test ever! (I'm not in the habbit of flunking)
So, who shall we blame? My academic Dutch parents, the Dutch upbringing they provided, my very well integrated American boyfriend (who passed the test?), my own intelligence or the test itself? Let's say, that I don't know and I just find the outcome very "interesting"
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Tamara le Roy, at 3:51 PM
It's kind of off-topic but nevertheless relevant. I had to call the IND (Immigration Police) on friday and found myself on hold listening to what, I guess, the IND thought was appropriate music, namely the Elvis classic: "In the Ghetto". I get the feeling it wasn't an accidental choice of music.
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Pavle, at 11:52 AM
Pavle, that reminds me of the first time I went to the IND. One wall with doors and no windows waiting hours for our number to come up. In the hours waiting we only saw people walking into the doors, and never coming out. My mind wandered and I envisioned of where that shorma meat really comes from. Scary place.
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gabemac, at 12:25 PM
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