13. Mai 2008

The Netherlands: Discrimination in the Name of Integration

Migrants' Rights under the Integration Abroad Act

Summary
Key Recommendations
Background
Reasons for the Change
The Netherlands as a European Model
The Operation of the Integration Abroad Act
Nationals of "Western" Countries Exempt from Test
Targets of Overseas Integration Test
Falling Application Rates after the Test was introduced
Tougher Test Planned
Financial Constraints
Impact on the Rights of Migrants
Prohibition of Discrimination
Human Rights Law..
Overseas integration test discriminatory
Indirect discrimination: disproportionate impact on certain migrant communities
The Right to Family Life
Human Rights Law..
Interference with the Right to Family Life
The Right to Marry and Found a Family
Human Rights Law..
Impact on individuals in the Netherlands and their family members
An Ineffective Instrument of Integration
Recommendations