At 23:20 28-1-01 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
>At 04:34 PM 1/28/01 +0100, Sonja wrote:
> >Not quite. Maybe in the US there is an abundance of unskilled people, but
>over
> >here the stock is slowly running out. There is a shortage on low skill
> >secretarial workers, maintanance workers, cleaning ladys and the sort.
>Almost no
> >one wants to do those jobs, because they are boring, low pay and low
> status.
>
>Of course, the Dutch also have immigration laws that are amazingly even
>more restrictive than ours are - which accounts for much of the problem.
Most of the people coming into the country can't be employed, John, for one
very simple reason: they're refugees, they don't speak Dutch. Don't know
about the US, but in this country you have to be able to speak the language
somewhat if you want to work.
Besides, the current "closed border" policy isn't as much Dutch policy as
it is European Community policy.
Jeroen
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