by
Servaas van der Laan
Somalis in the Netherlands have an extremely bad position on the labor market. Half are on welfare and only a fifth have work. And that is the fault of the Netherlands, Somalis say.
Only a fifth of the Somalis in the Netherlands work and half is in the support .
Most problems
writes De Volkskrant on the basis of figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and the Social and Cultural Planbureau.Van all population groups in the Netherlands have the Somalis most problems in the labor market.
It’s about 37,000 people most of whom arrived in the Netherlands as an asylum seeker. Other refugee groups, including Afghans and Iranians have a lot more work or own a business. First-generation Afghans and Iranians sitting around a quarter of the assistance.
Own company
In other countries, such as America, England or South Africa Somalis are more often self-employed. But in the Netherlands is only 1 per cent of Somalis entrepreneur.
Somalis say they have trouble with bureaucracy and finding startup capital. Another important reason for the poor working conditions is the low level of education and illiteracy. Many Somali refugees are single men or women who speak a limited network and poor Dutch.
Netherlands did it
However, not all Somalis lay the responsibility to himself. “The problem is not with us, it is up to the Dutch,” says Amina Mohamud. “We want to work and fit in, but we are not welcome. I’ve been here twenty years, always worked hard, but I hear nothing but negativity. ” Muhamud was recently turned away from a work of learning in home care because of her poor command of the Dutch language.
For many Somalis proves the integration course too difficult. Many Somalis come to the Netherlands, are illiterate. “With two training modules per week, I can not at one and a half years to get my citizenship course,” Samira Mohammed said in Somali. “I still have four months; I think I’m not going to get the course. Also Muna Umar (26) is rejected at job interviews because they do not speak Dutch well enough, explains the problem in the Netherlands. “We hardly get a chance,” said Umar.
Success
That there are indeed opportunities, the Hague bags maker proves Omar Munie. He too fled with his brother to the Netherlands from Somalia. Hard he worked was on his bag company has developed into a leading brand.
“We have gotten here so many opportunities in the Netherlands,” said brother AWIS Munie recently in Elsevier Right . “The bags of Omar Munie 100 percent Dutch needlework, we are proud of. We have long been able to go to a low-wage country, but stay here. We’d like it to return Netherlands gratitude for the opportunities
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