10 years’ immigration in the Netherlands costs 72 billion euros

The Dutch government [the Balkenende Cabinet] refused last year to investigate the cost of mass immigration at the request of the PVV fraction. The research institute NYFER has now conducted this study, as commissioned by the PVV. The results are shocking. The Party for Freedom is pleased that the taxpayers will finally get what they are entitled to: insight into what happens with their money.

On a net migration of 25,000 non-Western immigrants per year, with an equal number of offspring, our society loses €7.2 billion [$8.8 billion] a year. Ten years of unchanged immigration policy therefore means running up a tab that eventually costs the society 72 billion euros [$8.8 billion]. Compared to natives, non-Western immigrants pay less on net taxes and premiums, are more dependent on government benefits (including social security benefits) and are more often involved in crime with all its associated costs.

PVV faction leader Geert Wilders: “The fact that mass immigration is also disastrous from a financial standpoint confirms the need for the actions the Party for Freedom recommends, such as a halt to immigration from Muslim countries, a reduction of the remaining migration and asylum flows, and the exclusion of new immigrants from social security benefits for a period of ten years.”

Most important conclusions of the NYFER report:

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• Non-Western immigrants make greater use of public goods and contribute less on taxes and social security than the average resident of the Netherlands. The result therefore is a negative net contribution to public finances. When income and expenses over the course of a lifetime are calculated, each non-Western immigrant between 25 and 35 years of age costs the public sector between €40,000 and € 50,000 [$49,000 to $61,000]. At other ages, the cost are higher. This is the approximate cost of an ‘average’ non-Western immigrant with socio-economic characteristics that match those of the current population of non-Western immigrants.
• These costs are incurred because non-Western immigrants more likely than average to rely on disability benefits, unemployment, and social security benefits. They also make a greater use of [health] care, and in addition their overrepresentation in crime is causing extra costs. Equally important are greater expenditures on housing benefits. In contrast, they make less use of child care and of higher vocational and university education. Immigrants also often have an incomplete state pension [which builds up with 2% per year from the age of 15 until 65; immigrants who arrive when older than that will not be able to build up the full 100% — translator].
• The costs are highly dependent on (1) the age of entry, (2) socio-economic characteristics that determine the chances of employment, (3) the progress of integration, particularly as it effects participation in employment, and (4) the duration of stay, respective to the extent to which return migration takes place to the country of origin.
• For a complete assessment of the budgetary impact of immigration one should not only consider the net contribution of first-generation non-Western immigrants (the immigrants themselves), but also those of the second generation (the offspring of the first generation). The second generation of non-Western immigrants makes greater use of collective provisions and contributes less in taxes and social security premiums than the average citizen. Measured by their participation in the labor market (net participation rate), the second generation on average makes up 38% of the backlog generated by their parents in comparison with the average resident of the Netherlands.
• With an annual immigration of a net 25,000 non-Western immigrants and an annual increase of 25,000 descendants, the costs for the public sector are € 7.2 billion [circa $8.8 billion] per year (in 2008 euros). In this connection, it is again assumed that the use of public services and the contributions to taxes and premiums match those of the current population of non-Western immigrants, and that the second generation makes up 38% of the socio-economic backlog.
• When more immigrants to return to their country of origin (58% instead of the present 46%), for example because a higher proportion of immigrants consists of students or others who stay temporarily in the Netherlands, the public costs are reduced by € 0.5 billion [$0.6 billion]. When the chance of return migration is halved (to 23%), for example because there is more often a matter of family formation or family reunification, the cost for the public sector increases by €0.9 billion [$1 billion].
• An improved integration of second-generation non-Western immigrants reduces the costs for the public sector. When the second generation makes up the socio-economic backlog by 50% instead of the present 38%, that saves the Treasury structurally €0.6 billion [$0.97 billion] per year.
• The Netherlands has too long upheld the idea that immigrants would stay only temporarily in the Netherlands, and the impact of continued migration has been underestimated. There also is no selective admission policy, such as in many other countries. Additionally, the relatively extensive social services have contributed to unskilled or low skilled migrants coming to the Netherlands. Partly also because of this, the Netherlands — together with several other European countries — belongs to the group of countries where the employment participation of immigrants lags behind at a relatively high rate compared to that of the indigenous population. Consequently, the costs to the public sector are higher than in many other countries.

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/05/calculating-cost-of-cultural-enrichment.html

Nearly 350,000 foreigners entered Britain on suspect student visas last year despite new rules to curb the number of illegal immigrants, officials said Monday.

Home Office figures reveal the total of visiting ’students’ and their dependents rocketed to 344,396 in the 12 months to April. That was a whopping 84,321 more than the previous year, a rise of nearly a third.

Student visas are notoriously abused by illegal immigrants since a new points-based system came in two years ago in an effort to stem the flow. There are no checks to see if the students attend courses or whether they go home afterwards, The Sun reported.

Irish Sun
Monday 2nd August, 2010
(IANS)

Ægteskabskultur og etnisk herkomst har stor indflydelse på spædbørns overlevelsesdygtighed og sundhed.

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Resultaterne kommer ikke bag på professor Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, der er direktør ved Kennedy Centret – Det nationale forsknings- og rådgivningscenter for genetik, synshandicap og mental retardering.

- Vi ved fra lignende undersøgelser i udlandet, at der er en højere forekomst af misdannelser, handicap og dødfødsler blandt indgifte. Og en undersøgelse af mentalt retarderede børn i Københavns Amt viser ligeledes, at der er en overvægt af indvandrerbørn i denne gruppe, så det er helt klart, at der er en sammenhæng, siger Karen Brøndum-Nielsen.

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I Pakistan anslås det, at godt 70 procent af alle ægteskaber er indgifte, i Tyrkiet ligger det på mellem 25 og 30 procent. Til sammenligning er kun 40 procent af de pakistanske ægtepar i Danmark beslægtede. For tyrkiske par er tallet nede på 15 procent.

“Når fætter og kusine får børn sammen, er der dobbelt så stor risiko for at få et handicappet barn – det koster kommunekasserne dyrt.

Handicappede indvandrerbørn koster danske kommuner millioner.

I Københavns Amt alene er antallet af handicappede børn i alt steget med mere 100 procent på 10 år.

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Allerede i 2000 blev det gjort op, at mens 13 pct. af alle børn var indvandrere i Københavns Kommune, så udgjorde de 24 pct. af de svært handicappede børn.

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Merete Lefelt har kontakt til 330 familier med handicappede børn i Københavns Kommune.

Hun skyder på, at en tredjedel af deres klienter har fremmedkulturel baggrund.”

http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/indvandreres-indavl-koster-millioner

Almost a quarter of babies are born to immigrant mothers, an official breakdown showed yesterday. It found that 24.7 per cent of children born last year have mothers who were born abroad – and that their numbers have doubled since the late 1990s. [...]

Overall, the number of babies born in England and Wales fell slightly from 708,711 in 2008 to 706,248 last year.

The numbers of babies whose mothers were born abroad went up by around 3,500, from 170,834 to 174,400. The three most common countries of origin of foreign-born mothers are Pakistan, Poland and India. [...]

In London around half of babies have foreign-born mothers. And in some London boroughs, such as Newham and Brent, around three quarters of children have mothers who were born abroad. One baby in four born to migrants: Number of foreign-born mothers has doubled

Chef for Danmarks Statistik, Jan Plovsing, udgav 19/12 2008 kronikken “Store forskelle i integration”. Her kan man bl.a. læse:

“Der er lidt over 340.000 indvandrere og efterkommere fra de ikke-vestlige lande i Danmark, hvilket udgør 6,2 pct. af befolkningen. Indvandrere og efterkommere fra de vestlige lande udgør 2,9 pct. af befolkningen.

Det er helt afgørende for indvandrernes og efterkommernes integration i samfundet, at de er i beskæftigelse. Derved bidrager de også til at finansiere velfærdsstaten og andre offentlige udgifter.

Personer med dansk oprindelse i alderen 16-64 år har en beskæftigelsesfrekvens på 79, dvs. at 79 pct. af aldersgruppen er i beskæftigelse.

Indvandrere fra en række lande har derimod meget lave beskæftigelsesfrekvenser. De laveste niveauer findes blandt indvandrere fra Somalia, Libanon og Irak, hvor kun 35-37 pct. er i beskæftigelse. Indvandrere fra Libanon er helt overvejende statsløse palæstinensere.

I modsætning hertil har indvandrere fra lande i Syd- og Østasien ganske høje beskæftigelsesfrekvenser. Mellem 62 og 67 pct. af indvandrerne fra Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam og Kina er i beskæftigelse.

Kvindelige indvandrere fra en række ikke-vestlige lande er sjældent i beskæftigelse. Kun 21-24 pct. af kvinderne fra Somalia, Libanon og Irak er i beskæftigelse. Fra Afghanistan, Pakistan og Marokko er det 33-39 pct. Her er der virkelig en stor udfordring for integrationen.

I modsætning hertil har kvindelige indvandrere fra Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam og Kina beskæftigelsesfrekvenser på 59-67 pct. Det er samme niveau som kvindelige indvandrere fra Sverige, Norge, Polen og Tyskland. Kvinder med dansk oprindelse har en lidt højere beskæftigelsesfrekvens på 76.

Jo længere tid indvandrerne har opholdt sig her i landet, jo højere beskæftigelsesfrekvens. Det gælder for indvandrere fra de fleste lande og viser, at integration normalt tager tid.

Desværre ses denne udvikling kun svagt, når det gælder indvandrere fra Somalia, Libanon og Irak. Selv med en opholdstid i Danmark på 10-15 år er kun 29-37 pct. i beskæftigelse.

Med den samme opholdstid er det 67-79 pct. af indvandrere fra Filippinerne, Kina, Thailand og Sri Lanka, som har arbejde. Det er i øvrigt samme niveau som indvandrere fra vestlige lande.

En stor del af dine og mine fremtidsudsigter blev afgjort i ungdommen. Vi har derfor også set på, om de unge er i beskæftigelse eller under uddannelse. Her er det stærkt bekymrende, at en stor del af de 20-29-årige indvandrere hverken er i beskæftigelse eller under uddannelse.

For unge kvinder med dansk oprindelse drejer det sig om 11 pct. Ser vi på unge kvindelige indvandrere fra Somalia, Irak, Libanon og Pakistan, er det 57-60 pct. Over halvdelen af de unge kvindelige indvandrere fra disse lande er altså hverken under uddannelse eller i beskæftigelse.”

Hver koster samfunnet
opp mot 11 millioner

En enkelt falsk identitet kan koste samfunnet opptil 11 millioner kroner. Nå avdekker NAV nye falske identiteter.

Trygdesvindelen som Nettavisen har omtalt denne uken, er trolig bare de første av en lang rekke slike saker fremover. NAV jobber nå med 41 nye svindelsaker med falske identiteter.

– Vi har oversendt fem saker til Folkeregisteret der vi mener det er 11 fiktive identiteter. Så langt er åtte av disse identitetene slettet. Disse kommer i tillegg til de 27 som er slettet fra tidligere. Hittil er det slettet 35 fiktive identiteter i dette miljøet, sier direktør Magne Fladby i NAV Kontroll og innkreving til Nettavisen. …

Svindelen starter allerede før barnet blir født, ved at en ekte mor møter hos lege som en annen kvinne og viser fram sin gravide mage. Dermed utbetales fødselsengangsstønad til en person som i virkeligheten ikke er gravid. I sakskomplekset som nå går for retten, har én mor stilt som åtte forskjellige mødre.

http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2912720.ece

A RECORD 417,000 immigrants were given the right to live in Britain permanently last year, figures showed yesterday.

Of those, 203,000 were handed a British passport and full citizenship in 2009 – around one person every three minutes.

The number rocketed from 129,375 – a 58 per cent rise – in just a year.

Another 214,000 were given the right to settle in the UK – the first step to full citizenship.

This figure soared by 40 per cent over the 12 months.

The Home Office figures showed 29 per cent of those given a passport last year were from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. Another 27 per cent came from Africa and 17 per cent from Asia, including China and the Philippines.

Last year’s total was the highest since the figures were first published in 1962.

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2990777/Gordon-Browns-timebomb-417000-migrants-win-right-to-settle-in-UK-in-ONE-year.html

“Sidste år bad Geert Wilders den hollandske regering forberede en cost-benefit analyse af indvandringen til Holland, så vælgerne kunne gøre et informeret valg om, hvorvidt masseindvandring fra den tredje verden bør stoppes. Regeringen nægtede, så hans parti betalte NYFER, et privat forskningsfirma, for at vurdere de samlede nettoomkostninger ved indvandring.

Som Hr. Wilders nævnte i hans tale sidste uge, er resultaterne er færdige, og rapporten er publiseret. Den fulde NYFER rapport (på hollandsk, pdf) er tilgængelig online, og konklusionerne (på hollandsk,pdf) er også udgivet. …

Det er let at se, hvorfor den hollandske regering ikke ønskede at undersøge sagen nærmere: I de seneste 10 år har nettoomkostningerne været 7,2 mia. Euro (54 mia. kr.) årligt.”

Oversat af Nicolai Sennels fra Gates of Vienna “Calculating Cost of Cultural Enrichment“.