I always look forward to your newsletters, and this time, these facts really made an impression. Of course I knew about Ukrainian 'privilege', but I did not know these numbers.
Thanks for writing about this topic! Gives me a chance to explain it/forward it to my non-Dutch speaking contacts.
"Refugees are okay when we like where they’re coming from. In 2022 alone 108,000 Ukrainians came to the Netherlands. And Ukrainian refugees have been granted an exception—they aren’t even required to apply for asylum. Now 140,000 Ukrainians live in the Netherlands… about the same number of Syrians. But somehow no one is trying to declare Ukraine a safe country."
ps. Someone whom I shared with just said: Mona Keijzer tried declaring Ukraine a safe country.
I had forgotten about that. (I try to avoid news about her 😉)
I always look forward to your newsletters, and this time, these facts really made an impression. Of course I knew about Ukrainian 'privilege', but I did not know these numbers.
Thanks for writing about this topic! Gives me a chance to explain it/forward it to my non-Dutch speaking contacts.
"Refugees are okay when we like where they’re coming from. In 2022 alone 108,000 Ukrainians came to the Netherlands. And Ukrainian refugees have been granted an exception—they aren’t even required to apply for asylum. Now 140,000 Ukrainians live in the Netherlands… about the same number of Syrians. But somehow no one is trying to declare Ukraine a safe country."
ps. Someone whom I shared with just said: Mona Keijzer tried declaring Ukraine a safe country.
I had forgotten about that. (I try to avoid news about her 😉)
Thank you for saying so 😊