"Dutch Immigration Restrictions Draw Fire
Amsterdam's alderwoman Griffith what would hurt others if she spoke Surinamese in the street
By Nasreddine Djebbi, IOL Correspondent
THE HAGUE, January 22, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk's recent anti-immigrant measures, including a rule to speak Dutch in public, drew fire from Muslim minority leaders as well as from her own party.
'Linking integration to speaking Dutch in the street is nothing but an attempt to turn a blind eye to certain realities on the ground,' Dris Boujoufi, the deputy chairman of the council of Muslim representatives in the Netherlands, told IslamOnline.net Sunday, January 22."
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