Expats want out of the Netherlands
Forwarded by a not surprised FPF, knowing Holland: - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9ecc7
And, while reading the text and complaints, please do remember that The Netherlands is #6 on the list of richest countries in the world, that the Dutch - after Sweden - pay the highest taxes in the world and that - according to the official figures of the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) - at least ONE MILLION people in this rich country vegetates on an existense minimum, around 750 Euro a month for all and everything, needing the 'mushrooming' 'free food' banks, Salvation Army etc. to keep their misery and hunger away.
Never has a known Dutch journalist in the main$tream media dared to ask the logical question:
How is this possible? Who steals all the money? Why are we suffering the by Henry Ford investigated problem? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/2xz35
The Netherlands has an all out criminal 'Problem' -government with brainless stooges, 'run' by an international criminal and warmongering banking and industrial group which is wrecking the social structure and bleeding the people and country to death.
That too is why so many people leave The Netherlands:
the neocon Disease which has been rampant and should have been stopped a long time ago, before so much damage could be done as now is the case.
The expats don't leave the sinking ship: they daily see and experience that the criminals run the jail.
That's why they leave.
HR
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International agency expats 'want out of the Netherlands'
Dutch version below "Werknemers internationale organisaties willen weg uit Den Haag"
AMSTERDAM — At least 77 percent of the mainly expat staff of international agencies in the Netherlands want to leave the country.
And more than half of the Dutch employees think their organisation should relocate to another country, according to a report in newspaper 'De Volkskrant'.*
The daily paper based its story on a leaked internal survey carried out last summer by the International Organisations Staff Associations (IOSA-NL), which represents staff members of international agencies.
These include the International Criminal Court, the UN Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, the European Patent Office, the European Space Agency and Europol. The majority are based in and around The Hague.
Telephone calls to international agencies on Friday failed to generate much response to a report.
Some of those contacted by Expatica showed interest in reading the article and representatives of two organisations expressed surprise at the claims expat workers were unhappy with life here. They asked that neither they nor the organisations they work for be named.
The IOSA found 77 percent of the workers for these organisations don't want to stay in the Netherlands. Some 3,400 people took part in the survey, amounting to 60 percent of the workers represented by the IOSA-NL.
The reasons for wanting to leave included unhappiness with the healthcare waiting lists and unsympathetic doctors; the tax system; dealing with bureaucracy; expensive childcare and the lack of suitable housing.
The conclusion of the report 'Thuis in Holland' (at home in Holland) states: "There is a widespread perception that international organisations and the people who work for them are no longer welcome in the Netherlands".
The high population in the Randstad and the growing distrust among Dutch people of foreigners were other factors mentioned, 'De Volkskrant' said.
The list of grievances was topped off with complaints about the weather and the difficulties of speaking Dutch.
The local authority in The Hague and government agencies declined to comment about the report has it has not been published.
The IOSA-NL plans to discuss the findings of the survey with the official agencies.
[enditem] - Expatica News 2005 - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/drbmd
DUTCH LANGUAGE VERSION:
'Werknemers internationale organisaties willen weg uit Den Haag'
'Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau' ANP - [= Reporters without honour - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/c8cz4]
DEN HAAG - Maar liefst 77 procent van de medewerkers van de internationale organisaties in Den Haag en omgeving wil weg uit Nederland.
Dit blijkt uit een uitgelekte interne opiniepeiling van IOSA-NL, het samenwerkingsverband van de personeelsverenigingen van Joegoslavië-Tribunaal (ICTY), Internationaal Strafhof (ICC), Internationaal Gerechtshof, Europol, de Organisatie voor het Verbod op Chemische Wapens (OPCW) en andere internationale organisaties in Den Haag en omstreken.
Als redenen voor hun onvrede geven de ondervraagden op: ontevredenheid over de gezondheidszorg (lange wachtlijsten, slechts een ‘paracetamolletje’ bij ernstige klachten), belastingperikelen, problemen met verblijfsvergunningen, het slechte weer, de taal, het eten, de dure kinderopvang, de moeilijkheden om een passende woning te vinden, de milieuvervuiling, de hoge bevolkingsdichtheid in de Randstad en het groeiende wantrouwen van Nederlanders jegens vreemdelingen.
‘Er is een wijdverspreide perceptie dat internationale organisaties en de mensen die er werken, niet langer welkom zijn in Nederland’, aldus de conclusies van het conceptrapport.
Als positief ervaren de ‘internationals’ de wijdverspreide kennis van de Engelse taal in Nederland en het goede fietspadennet, evenals de ‘goedgeorganiseerde aard van de Nederlandse samenleving’ en de centrale ligging in Europa, aldus de conclusie van het conceptrapport ‘Thuis in Holland?’.
De gemeente Den Haag wil niet reageren op een rapport waarvan ze de inhoud niet kent. De stad heeft wel eerder soortgelijke klachten uit die richting gehoord. Collega's in het buitenland zouden het beter hebben en de dienstverlening in Nederland werd bijvoorbeeld als zeer traag ervaren. ‘Maar met die klachten is zover wij weten iets gedaan door het kabinet’, aldus een gemeentewoordvoerder.
Meer dan 3400 respondenten hebben meegedaan aan het onderzoek dat afgelopen zomer is gehouden. Dat komt neer op meer dan 60 procent van het personeel van de aangesloten internationale organisaties. De IOSA-NL gaat de bevindingen van de enquête met de Nederlandse autoriteiten bespreken.
Aan de enquête hebben medewerkers van ICTY, OPCW, het Europees Octrooibureau in Rijswijk, het Europese ruimtevaartagenschap ESA en de Haagse NAVO-vestiging NC3A meegedaan. De IOSA-NL benadrukt dat de uitkomsten bij de diverse internationale organisaties sterk op elkaar lijken.
Onder de respondenten zijn ook 14 procent Nederlanders. Van hen vindt meer dan de helft dat hun werkgever Nederland zou moeten verlaten.
De organisatie met de meeste ontevreden medewerkers is de OPCW. Daar vindt 88 procent van de respondenten dat de organisatie Nederland zou moeten verlaten.
[enditem] Story - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7wyjr
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*Former PM Wim Kok, and other Dutch Govt's War criminals in Court - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/662pp
* Never trust them, the neocon's BBC - (Broadcasting Blair's Crap) - and their warmongering:
Url.: http://tinyurl.com/6td3d
*Corporate News Media: Incompetent, Criminally Negligent or Complicit? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqpfe
* Brainwashed? Take the free 'Gullibility Factor' test to find out if you're really a mind slave or not:
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* The World Can't Wait! Drive out the Bush Regime. Mobilize for November 2, 2005! - Url.: http://www.worldcantwait.org/
*Help the troops come back from abroad! We need them badly at home in many countries,
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And, while reading the text and complaints, please do remember that The Netherlands is #6 on the list of richest countries in the world, that the Dutch - after Sweden - pay the highest taxes in the world and that - according to the official figures of the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) - at least ONE MILLION people in this rich country vegetates on an existense minimum, around 750 Euro a month for all and everything, needing the 'mushrooming' 'free food' banks, Salvation Army etc. to keep their misery and hunger away.
Never has a known Dutch journalist in the main$tream media dared to ask the logical question:
How is this possible? Who steals all the money? Why are we suffering the by Henry Ford investigated problem? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/2xz35
The Netherlands has an all out criminal 'Problem' -government with brainless stooges, 'run' by an international criminal and warmongering banking and industrial group which is wrecking the social structure and bleeding the people and country to death.
That too is why so many people leave The Netherlands:
the neocon Disease which has been rampant and should have been stopped a long time ago, before so much damage could be done as now is the case.
The expats don't leave the sinking ship: they daily see and experience that the criminals run the jail.
That's why they leave.
HR
**************************************************************
International agency expats 'want out of the Netherlands'
Dutch version below "Werknemers internationale organisaties willen weg uit Den Haag"
AMSTERDAM — At least 77 percent of the mainly expat staff of international agencies in the Netherlands want to leave the country.
And more than half of the Dutch employees think their organisation should relocate to another country, according to a report in newspaper 'De Volkskrant'.*
The daily paper based its story on a leaked internal survey carried out last summer by the International Organisations Staff Associations (IOSA-NL), which represents staff members of international agencies.
These include the International Criminal Court, the UN Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, the European Patent Office, the European Space Agency and Europol. The majority are based in and around The Hague.
Telephone calls to international agencies on Friday failed to generate much response to a report.
Some of those contacted by Expatica showed interest in reading the article and representatives of two organisations expressed surprise at the claims expat workers were unhappy with life here. They asked that neither they nor the organisations they work for be named.
The IOSA found 77 percent of the workers for these organisations don't want to stay in the Netherlands. Some 3,400 people took part in the survey, amounting to 60 percent of the workers represented by the IOSA-NL.
The reasons for wanting to leave included unhappiness with the healthcare waiting lists and unsympathetic doctors; the tax system; dealing with bureaucracy; expensive childcare and the lack of suitable housing.
The conclusion of the report 'Thuis in Holland' (at home in Holland) states: "There is a widespread perception that international organisations and the people who work for them are no longer welcome in the Netherlands".
The high population in the Randstad and the growing distrust among Dutch people of foreigners were other factors mentioned, 'De Volkskrant' said.
The list of grievances was topped off with complaints about the weather and the difficulties of speaking Dutch.
The local authority in The Hague and government agencies declined to comment about the report has it has not been published.
The IOSA-NL plans to discuss the findings of the survey with the official agencies.
[enditem] - Expatica News 2005 - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/drbmd
DUTCH LANGUAGE VERSION:
'Werknemers internationale organisaties willen weg uit Den Haag'
'Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau' ANP - [= Reporters without honour - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/c8cz4]
DEN HAAG - Maar liefst 77 procent van de medewerkers van de internationale organisaties in Den Haag en omgeving wil weg uit Nederland.
Dit blijkt uit een uitgelekte interne opiniepeiling van IOSA-NL, het samenwerkingsverband van de personeelsverenigingen van Joegoslavië-Tribunaal (ICTY), Internationaal Strafhof (ICC), Internationaal Gerechtshof, Europol, de Organisatie voor het Verbod op Chemische Wapens (OPCW) en andere internationale organisaties in Den Haag en omstreken.
Als redenen voor hun onvrede geven de ondervraagden op: ontevredenheid over de gezondheidszorg (lange wachtlijsten, slechts een ‘paracetamolletje’ bij ernstige klachten), belastingperikelen, problemen met verblijfsvergunningen, het slechte weer, de taal, het eten, de dure kinderopvang, de moeilijkheden om een passende woning te vinden, de milieuvervuiling, de hoge bevolkingsdichtheid in de Randstad en het groeiende wantrouwen van Nederlanders jegens vreemdelingen.
‘Er is een wijdverspreide perceptie dat internationale organisaties en de mensen die er werken, niet langer welkom zijn in Nederland’, aldus de conclusies van het conceptrapport.
Als positief ervaren de ‘internationals’ de wijdverspreide kennis van de Engelse taal in Nederland en het goede fietspadennet, evenals de ‘goedgeorganiseerde aard van de Nederlandse samenleving’ en de centrale ligging in Europa, aldus de conclusie van het conceptrapport ‘Thuis in Holland?’.
De gemeente Den Haag wil niet reageren op een rapport waarvan ze de inhoud niet kent. De stad heeft wel eerder soortgelijke klachten uit die richting gehoord. Collega's in het buitenland zouden het beter hebben en de dienstverlening in Nederland werd bijvoorbeeld als zeer traag ervaren. ‘Maar met die klachten is zover wij weten iets gedaan door het kabinet’, aldus een gemeentewoordvoerder.
Meer dan 3400 respondenten hebben meegedaan aan het onderzoek dat afgelopen zomer is gehouden. Dat komt neer op meer dan 60 procent van het personeel van de aangesloten internationale organisaties. De IOSA-NL gaat de bevindingen van de enquête met de Nederlandse autoriteiten bespreken.
Aan de enquête hebben medewerkers van ICTY, OPCW, het Europees Octrooibureau in Rijswijk, het Europese ruimtevaartagenschap ESA en de Haagse NAVO-vestiging NC3A meegedaan. De IOSA-NL benadrukt dat de uitkomsten bij de diverse internationale organisaties sterk op elkaar lijken.
Onder de respondenten zijn ook 14 procent Nederlanders. Van hen vindt meer dan de helft dat hun werkgever Nederland zou moeten verlaten.
De organisatie met de meeste ontevreden medewerkers is de OPCW. Daar vindt 88 procent van de respondenten dat de organisatie Nederland zou moeten verlaten.
[enditem] Story - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7wyjr
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
Editor : Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/66dmo
The Netherlands
FPF@Chello.nl
*Former PM Wim Kok, and other Dutch Govt's War criminals in Court - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/662pp
* Never trust them, the neocon's BBC - (Broadcasting Blair's Crap) - and their warmongering:
Url.: http://tinyurl.com/6td3d
*Corporate News Media: Incompetent, Criminally Negligent or Complicit? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqpfe
* Brainwashed? Take the free 'Gullibility Factor' test to find out if you're really a mind slave or not:
Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cbgnc
* The World Can't Wait! Drive out the Bush Regime. Mobilize for November 2, 2005! - Url.: http://www.worldcantwait.org/
*Help the troops come back from abroad! We need them badly at home in many countries,
to fight our so called 'governments' - Url.: http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information. Url.: http://liimirror.warwick.ac.uk/uscode/17/107.html
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