03 October 2009

Foreign brides face tougher immigration rules

.... 'Women often end up living with their parents-in-law and this can lead to situations bordering on slavery,' Van der Laan was quoted by Nos tv as saying. Some women are not allowed out, speak hardly any Dutch and are unknown to the Dutch authorities, the ministers said.

There is a real risk that their children are not raised to be adequate citizens... which can lead to them dropping out of school, becoming a public nuisance or, at worst, turning to crime,' the minister said in his proposal note to MPs. [DutchNews.nl] Read more [via Islam in Europe]