Almost 90% of refugees are still unemployed after living for 2.5 years in the Netherlands

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Then what are they coming for? They were supposed to be coming, or so we were told, to replace an aging workforce. But they’re not replacing it. They’re living off it. And what will happen after that? Eventually at least some Muslim groups in these countries will begin to demand the jizya from the kuffar, the payments that are due to the Muslims from non-Muslims as per Quranic command. Europe is either going to submit to Islam or be engulfed in a civil war that it brought upon itself and will be of its own making, in allowing sharia-adherent Muslims to establish parallel societies all over the continent.

“Almost 90% of refugees are still unemployed after living for 2.5 years in the Netherlands,” Voice of Europe, April 17, 2018:

Refugees with a residence permit barely have a job, Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” reports. Almost 90% of refugees, who received their residence permit in 2014, were unemployed two and a half years later, according to figures from the Dutch statistics office CBS.

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While 11% of refugees do work, a large majority of them still don’t have a full-time job. After two and a half years only 15% are fully employed. The group mostly consists of Syrians and Eritreans: 75% of refugees come from one of those two countries….

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santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

That’s ok. In another 25 years, they won’t be employed then either. You bought it, europe, now enjoy it.

poetcomic1
poetcomic1
5 years ago

They are NOT unemployed. That is a complete falsehood. The majority of them are stealing, dealing drugs, pimping underage girls etc. etc.

silvio
silvio
5 years ago
Reply to  poetcomic1

and grooming! and raping young boys for “sexual emergency” remember that.

poetcomic1
poetcomic1
5 years ago
Reply to  silvio

They more often abuse their own boys as girls are ‘property’ and to break the hymen makes them ‘damaged goods’ and is Islamic…. theft. But boys are relentlessly preyed upon by their own fathers, uncles, ‘friends’, teachers (mullahs and imams in particular) etc. They have learned little white boys are risky.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

You mean they have no entry-level skills with even a broom?

LeslieFish
LeslieFish
5 years ago

After 2.5 years, they’ve proved what they’re worth. Round them up and deport them — to Mecca — and don’t let them come back.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago
Reply to  LeslieFish

Agreed. That air conditioned tent city at Mecca is only used once a year. Hey, wait a minute, revenge target for 9/11?

SNOWDIN
SNOWDIN
5 years ago

At one time I looked for Berdan primers and heard that RWS used to make
them. I found a retailer who used to carry them but at the time they
did not get any in stock in quite a while. I also heard that unlike the
Boxer primers there were more than 2 diameters.

leonore35
leonore35
5 years ago

Parasites feeding off their hosts, but do the so called ‘leaders’ of the EU want to hear that?

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago

This presupposes the migrants were looking for work in the first place. It is obvious they are looking for a life of ease at taxpayer expense.

Chris
Chris
5 years ago

they came for welfare not work

pfwag
pfwag
5 years ago

What’s the matter with the remaining 10%? Don’t the kafirs owe them everything too?

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago

What are they coming for? They are coming to be taken care of. And those who are taken care of by others always have numerous demands.
If someone offered free housing, medical care, some spending money, education, interpreters, food, all free, social service case managers, I daresay that would be an inducement to many.
It was not that way for immigrants in our grandparents day. They had sponsors, jobs waiting waiting for them, learned the language, assimilated, and no one gave them a penny, save for the work of their two hands.
I blame the left, over the decades. This is how I feel at the moment, from what I have read, and seen.
It was for the voting base. But the elite keep themselves separate, separate schools, fine neighborhoods, great pensions, health services for the family, they extract so much taxation from us, the middleclass people, we can barely survive, cannot sleep at nights.
Where does our money go? To places like Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan? We’ve been paying for a long time. We are dummies, dhimmies, whatever.
It makes me sad and frustrated how we have been treated. Why do we have to fix everything? Why cannot these people leave us in peace?

Will Power
Will Power
5 years ago

the plan is for them to NEVER go to work; jizya tax!!!! “THEY ARE AN INVASION FORCE, ”NOT REFUGEES!!!!!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

This is good, eventually, as the colonist parasites continue to consume tax payers money and the countries resources, it will lead to a considerable amount of resentment, which will be followed by a massive purge of the parasite infestation. No reasonable amount of discussion will ever get anywhere in discussion over the muslim parasite problem, when it becomes too expensive for the average taxpayer, they might react. The root of resentment towards socialism and islam is growing.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It will lead eventually to a civil war and the sooner, the better, since this pest is multiplying very fast.

fran
fran
5 years ago

Amazing how these politicians can find money for other countries and their people, but not for their own

SNOWDIN
SNOWDIN
5 years ago

They are busy learning how to drive rental trucks into crowds of people, strap on bomb packs and make pressure cooker bombs.

Voytek Gagalka
Voytek Gagalka
5 years ago

While “almost 90% of refugees are still unemployed,” a little more than 10% of them are “employing” themselves (call that “self-employment”) in… collecting jizyah (aka welfare) payments which the other overwhelming majority collects already but they call it as their “unemployment benefits.” Well, all to the glory of our arithmetic which says that no matter how unit is subdivided, total sum always comes to be a perfect 100% when added all together.

ScottishOtter13 .
ScottishOtter13 .
5 years ago

Still unemployed?? The savage, subhuman scum never had any intention of working in the first place!
DEPORT THE MUZ-TRASH

Susan A.K.A. Susan
Susan A.K.A. Susan
5 years ago

How did this even happen?. After all these types of people have done every where on earth,why would any country’s leaders allow themselves to be fooled into such a large scale invasion. All under the guise of helping their helpers?. Makes no sense, surely the Netherlands leaders and citizens are not that naive?.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Dreams of CHEAP labor that will allow the elites to make MORE money. They view people are trainable objects.

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago

pamela, they are not “refugees”. they are an invading muslim army sent to suck the life out of their host. they have no intention of getting a job

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago
Reply to  Rocinante44

And They are equal opportunity killers.

They don’t even spare christian aid workers in America who help settle them http://bit.ly/2rr9tGh

No other immigrant groups are so ungrateful as jihadis.

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

It said that my access to the aforementioned link has been temporarily limited?
You know, I have to trust in God. I am not smart, and do not understand much of this. Whatever we do, I believe God will judge us, if whomever does not wish us to know, that is on them.

pfwag
pfwag
5 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

Correction: not “jihadis” but MUSLIMS and they have no obligation to be grateful to kafirs. The Koran says so.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago
Reply to  pfwag

….and yes, we are learning every single day how “grateful” this illegal Muslim invasion force is.

Chrissy T
Chrissy T
5 years ago

Why work when you dont have to

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago

There is a reason for this unemployment. It is called “Why work when I’m paid already?” Remove gradually the free money to force the people into wanting to obtain respect by earning it. Give them help, but not a handout.

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
5 years ago

The left wants them on welfare, so they will vote left.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago

At the same time the left is too stupid to realise that if the Muslims will ever gain control the leftards will be the first to go. Are there any Muslim controlled countries where there are leftard movements?? I don’t think so.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

What happens when the MONEY RUNS OUT?
When the “rich” have no more money?
They never have an answer to that….

Chrissy T
Chrissy T
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The sh1t really hits the fan

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago
Reply to  Chrissy T

The fan already smells bad.

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The rich? It is us, the little folk who pay for the caprices of politicians who do things by night, by secrecy, and force us to pay for rebuilding countries destroyed by war, countries who will never, ever, ever have peace, who fund the governments of lands with egregious human rights scorecards, who promise to help their citizens, but in reality line their own pockets.
When the little folk “feel” it enough, and there is not enough to buy medicines, enough to educate their kids, enough to retire on, enough to keep their homes, then something will happen. I truly feel we must vote wisely and become involved to the best of our abilities.

Sean
Sean
5 years ago

Faith Goldy – ‘WATCH LIVE AS PPL ILLEGALLY CROSS INTO CANADA’. Excellent footage.

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago
Reply to  Sean

And Canada want the USA to stop them while we cannot even stop them from invading from Mexico.

L-Dan
L-Dan
5 years ago

Too much parasite, not enough host never turns out well.

Dr walter
Dr walter
5 years ago

i really don’t know why europe is accepting readily all these muslum fake asylum seekers. someone somewhere must have told these people about welfare, free accomodation (at the expense of the natural born citizens (look at Italy)). it’s ridiculous! the rapes, muslum’s pathetic misunderstanding about sexual etiquette, ridiculous. i just do not believe it. no way jose. what about the little boy who made headlines in2015 Alan Kurdi his father wanted new teeth and wanted to make his way to Canada!! this muslum situation doesnt make sense

Beverley Bennett
Beverley Bennett
5 years ago
Reply to  Dr walter

Two words Angela Merkle !!

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago
Reply to  Dr walter

I have relatives in the country you mentioned, and even my uncle’s household, the dear atheists that they are and the liberal ideology they embrace, even they have had to admit what chaos, what worries, what ruin has come there.
The eu, the open borders, not a good plan, not a good idea.

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago
Reply to  Tm.

I thought more on this as I completed some chores. Actually, many of my aquaintances and friends are atheists, whether they say it, or even know it themselves. That is okay, they are great, nice.
I believe religion, or lack of belief in religion is a very personal decision.
It is just that my uncle fancies himself very intelligent and tries to counter anything I say, and has denied anything going on in Europe, TILL, his offspring has to be there for some reason, now all of a sudden there is much concern, and they are pinned to the news coming from that country, since they pay extra for that channel, and get that news. I on the other hand do not fancy myself as intelligent, just a barely average, concerned person.
I don’t recall any atheists bothering anyone or asking for anything, and in general, don’t try to force their views on anyone else.
We did not need all this drama. It was not like this before, it was better, our kids won’t even know. We were poor, lower than middle class, but we were content, at peace, and had hope for the future.

Ken Kruger
Ken Kruger
5 years ago

Apparently AOL does not want this type of truth to be revealed. They’ve
started putting Pamela Gellers news in my span folder…Just another
form of censorship from the oh so tolerant left nazis

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Wow, no offense, but some would call these people kind of parasitic…

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

Don’t apologize. That is what they are and their agenda.
Have the WHITE WEST pay for them to do nothing.

Marino Danielis
Marino Danielis
5 years ago

These illegals arrived in Europe not to work but to invade the territory and turn it into caliphate. And continuing with the goodist and lax policy of European countries over a few years will succeed in their intent and seize power unless Europeans wake up from their torpor

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago

It’s not just Europe. The USA is doing the same stupidity with the welfare system.

Sing On
Sing On
5 years ago

I personally am a huge fan of path to citizenship. If you come in as a refugee you need to do some form of government mandated service to stay.

Janet
Janet
5 years ago

Of course they are! Why work when they can get everything for free from the infidels? They feel they are entitled to it. It’s like a jizyah of sorts. I heard a Muslim cleric talk about it in Britain. He was on Hannity a lot too. He’s in jail for now but you can bet he’s trying to get a lot more followers while there. No doubt!

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
5 years ago

Fifteen percent of moslems have a full time job? Those moslems are doing “something wrong”. What in the world got into them?

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

Well, gee, some of them had to take jobs at the gov social welfare offices so they could rubber stamp everyone through…

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

Apostates, every one of them.

Lauren Janell
Lauren Janell
5 years ago

I wish people would stop calling them refugees. True refugees embrace their new countries and attempt to make their lives better. They go to work, send their children to school, etc.. The ones mentioned in this article are parasites.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago
Reply to  Lauren Janell

Absolutely correct !!!

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  Lauren Janell

All muslums are parasites.

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago

It sure seems like it. They get into jobs like law and politics because there is no requirement to show proof of effort. It’s all words.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  Sunshine Kid

Muslums are parasites because they destroy the formerly free and democratic host states they infest.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago

Exactly and they will always be like that. It’s in their blood. They will never change. They can never be civilized.

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
5 years ago

You should make this a sign and sell it. It is about as clear a statement as I have ever seen.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
5 years ago
Reply to  Sunshine Kid

…and they love positions where they can be corrupt and bribes can be collected.

Poppey
Poppey
5 years ago

WHAT a surprise.

Still, everyone at the EU commission and most of the German parliament and ruling elites will be cheering about all the cultural enrichment and mixed race breeding going on as they draw up ever more plans to confiscate by law more and more of white peoples cash and assets to ensure their grand scheme of replacement is properly funded.

Some of you think I’m kidding right ?

Don’t look to the “authorities” for your salvation Europe, they’re the architects of your impoverishment then downfall.

Harrie Mossel
Harrie Mossel
5 years ago
Reply to  Poppey

in Germany, if you are a German and unemployed, the Social Services treat you like a moocher, like a beggar but Merkel’s “guests” are given the red carpet treatment.
The same applies to the Netherlands, moreover, almost 65% of all prison inmates have a “migration background.” They are “entitled” to good and tasty halal food,colour tv sets, central heating, clean loos and showers, wirking-out facilities, no rats or cockroaches in the cells, and so on like it’s the case in their $h!th*le countries
I wonder why they want shariah laws imposed in our countries, where we DON’T chop thieves’ hands to start with…
Best wishes to you from Amsterdam,
H.

Carol
Carol
5 years ago

Unemployed after 2 1/2 yrs. I’d say they are lazy & like the freebies. Send ’em back where they came from. If they won’t go, shoot ’em. They are only there to spread their slime, muslime that is.

karen D
karen D
5 years ago
Reply to  Carol

I am so sick how about increase openings in Australia for Australian students, walk through most universities and it is full of overseas students, then the government claims they need more people on 457 visas to fill the skills gap.

Templar Bubba
Templar Bubba
5 years ago

I thought King Barry the Petulant was going to pay for all this?

Maybe it was The Bernie. He has lots of free money.

Dave
Dave
5 years ago

I propose a simple solution to the migration influx: cut off the money-no welfare. Borders!

Iftikhar Ahmad
Iftikhar Ahmad
5 years ago

They are refugees and not qualified immigrants. Majority of them are unskilled and it is the job of the Govt to provide them with skills which is needed by the society, otherwise, they would remain unemployed. I blame the Govt for their unemployment.

Europe is dying its natural death. It needs more
and more immigrants to keep their societies alive. Without migration, European
societies and economies would bleed to death. I’ve rarely seen a mature debate
about immigration, I think the media have allowed biased neoliberal voices to
shout down any positive immigration fact from being discussed or of the
right-wing figures to be debunked, which the likes of Jonathon Portes have
attempted to educate us with. Most of the issues around immigration are
relatively minor, and every independent piece of evidence proves what the
trouble is, that this subject is surrounded with masses of hyperbole and
exaggeration, which is leading to actual racism.

Without migration, European society and economy
would bleed to death. There is no end to migration in the near future. The
overall problem when dealing with immigration, is the need to first ascertain
where these people have come from:- If they are from Commonwealth Countries
(most likely not Australia, Canada, or New Zealand – there the immigration goes
the other way), this can be seen as 200 years of imperialism coming back to bite
us. If they are from Eastern Europe, this can be seen as 20 years of moronic EU
policy coming back to bite us. If they come from the Middle East, this can be
seen as 100 years of never ending scheming and meddling in that particular
region coming back to bite us.

The people who make me the most ill are the
people who decry immigration, then employ immigrant cleaners on crap wages. Yes,
it’s much like the Republicans in the US, who stoke hostility against Latino
migrants, while all the time depending on them as nannies, cleaners and
gardeners. Well of course, they will support any policy that will strengthen
their own position whilst damaging the rights of indigenous people and any
politician wanting to retain British Values and Liberal values will fall by the
wayside. So, the banker from Germany the cleaner from Colombia who cleans
his/her office will all vote to strengthen their ‘own’ position, because of
course their interests precisely coincide. Its almost as if you think they are
all the same. And what on earth are ‘British values”? If you are talking about
the kind of crap spouted by UKIP and the Tories. Lots
of Brits abroad, since XVI Century. I suggest that you vote for a party that
bring back all the British and Europeans that there are in Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, USA, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and hand back those
lands to the indigenous people…those are immigrants as well, aren’t they?. Let’s talk clear and about all, not just what tabloids- pub educated morons want to hear. What about
British and other Europeans emigrating around the globe for the last 500 years?.
Surely we do not like to get these massive migrations but who comments?, yes!,
the ones migrating for centuries!!!!.

There will never be an end to immigration because of
low birth rate and ageing population. Without constant flow of migrants, British
society and economy would bleed to death. British media and politicians never
tried to convince the natives that their society would not survive with constant
flow of immigrants. They should be grateful to immigrants for their valuable
service to their society and economy.

This nation was built on immigrant labour, slavery, and
the wealth plundered from around the globe, so the very standard of living we
treasure and do not want to sacrifice because of immigration is down to the
aforementioned. Also, the UK can take more skilled migrants, many professions
are crying out for their expertise, namely the NHS and teaching, the latter
because we just do not motivate young people to become Maths or Science
teachers. I find that immigrants are more likely to attend church or other
religious congregation than Brits, more likely to have children in wedlock,
rather than out of, more likely to be part of ‘Big Society’ type self help and
mutual help organisations, more likely to have an attitude towards debt that
only exists among elderly Brits, hell, our teachers even report that immigrant
parents take the teachers’ side when issues arise around child discipline. The
odd thing is, immigrants are re like 1950s Brits, than Brits themselves
are.

Native Brits are more racist and xenophobic than
Germany. Sad world. Saying that immigration is bad for the country while there
is no real evidence for it makes me think people hate immigration because they
are racist and xenophobic. Migrants aren’t just poor people fleeing poverty but
also large quantities of expats working in the global economy(which demands them
to be flexible). After all there are over 300.000 people leaving Britain every
year. Economic migrants to the UK from outside the EU have no recourse to public
funds, they also have to pay an Immigration Healthcare Surcharge before even
making the visa application. The right wing Institute of Directors love mass
immigration, the CBI love mass immigration, the criminal gang masters love mass
immigration, the buy to let landlords and property speculators love mass
immigration . . . and 99% of Guardian columnists love mass immigration.

Working in a high skilled area of the economy that has
always attracted immigrants into the country, I do not fear immigration. Those
of us in IT have experienced the off-shoring of jobs to India and the
Philippines, as well as substantial numbers of EU and non-EU IT specialists
coming into the country. Since we live in a neo-liberal capitalist society, what
else would you expect? Those who howl at immigration tend to be, but are not
exclusively, Thatcherite Tories, who have the least intellectual excuse to be
hostile to immigration. If you are in favour of free flows of capital across
borders then there can be little objection on principle to free flows of labour.
Those who object to globalisation of capital are at least being consistent in
their opposition to immigration, such as Bob Crowe, and the smattering of
lefties who oppose immigration. Those who hailed the export of jobs abroad in
the 1980s have no cause for complaint.
IA
http://www.londonschoolofislamics.org.uk

Poppey
Poppey
5 years ago
Reply to  Iftikhar Ahmad

In the states you cretins have wrecked, your muslim populations have risen by 900% during the last 100 years, your irresponsible over breeding and backward beliefs are the cause of your own poverty, backwardness and flight and not the disciplined productive west. Right the terrible injustices to the untouchables in India and try to stop murdering your daughters, try valuing them instead.

Please do the whole globe a favour and die off at the same rates you all procreate. Not one of you whining illiterate wogs will be missed.

Tm.
Tm.
5 years ago
Reply to  Iftikhar Ahmad

Imperialism you say? Odd how you never mention the overthrow, domination, coercion forced upon the hapless victims of the Ottomans, the Barbary Pirates, and so on. I will bookmark this article and read all you have written, bit by bit, my blood pressure and sentiments have had enough for the moment.
It will not end well, all this, but so is it our lot, the lot of humanity. Pity it came to this.
Oh, we would have enough workers if our own governments provided for its taxpayers, its indigents, like it provides for everyone the world over. We would have had more children. There is nothing wrong with our fertility.
And there is another issue, rising population growth world over, the planet cannot sustain the damage so many humans do to the environment, not enough food, WATER, medicines, resources.

karry
karry
5 years ago
Reply to  Iftikhar Ahmad

Europe is not dying it’s dead because of the muzrats ok! I have cousins and nieces and aunts and family that are in their 30s. what? europe is aging but muzrats arn’t!? is the moon made of cheese?! wtf is governments saying to its people!

ScottishOtter13 .
ScottishOtter13 .
5 years ago
Reply to  Iftikhar Ahmad

Take your bull$#it lies and stow it, muz. The West needs muzzzies about as much as a fish needs a bicycle. ???comment image

Templar Bubba
Templar Bubba
5 years ago
Reply to  Iftikhar Ahmad

I didn’t know being a parasite was a “high skilled” job.

al Kidya
al Kidya
5 years ago

They are already demanding the jizya from the kuffar…it’s called WELFARE payments. And they make quite large sums of money considering they usually have four wives and many children with those wives. Some of the homes these asshats live in are massive

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