Dutch sued over immigration courses
Turkish immigrants recently sued the Dutch government for forcing them to take expensive integration classes before being allowed to immigrate to the Netherlands.
The Dutch government is being sued by Turkish immigrants for requiring that they take costly integration courses prior to immigration. Those suing believe that the integration courses violate a European Union agreement that Turkish citizens can not be discriminated against by members of the EU. The Netherlands Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Turkish immigrants and will be refunding anyone who took the course after August 16. Anyone who took the course prior to this date will not be refunded despite the fact that it costs most immigrants between 1,000 and 5,000 euros to take the course.
Should countries require immigrants to take integration courses?
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I think that classes should be offered but not required. Classes should also be less integration-centric and more adjustment-centric. For example, language and culture classes should be free and open to all who wish to take them. Perhaps a reward could be offered to those who complete a full course of said classes, such as a discount on their application fee for citizenship, but classes should not be required in order to immigrate to a new country.
Posted by goodnightsatellite | October 14, 2011 1:53 PM