par 8 The future (of the pluralist society)

• Maatschappijleer
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Previously

Religious model - 

Atheist model - 

Religiously Neutral Model - 

Pluralist model - 

Iran

China

US / France

Netherlands

Religious model

Atheist model

Religious neutral model

Pluralist model

France and US are both religious neutral models. However, there is difference in approach. Explain (p. 183 righthand side, down). Use own words

par 8 The future - (Pluralist society)

Restrictive 

immigration policy

welcome under strict conditions

'Liberal' (=free) 

immigration policy

(so not liberal in the sense of policital parties / ideology (VVD))

fairly easy to come in

Immigrants to the NLs  

in different ages (p. 160)

• Belgians ,Portugese Jews, French protestants
• German migrant workers
• Former colonies (Indonesia, Surinam, Antilles)
• Guestworkers (Southern Europe, Morocco, Turkey)
• Family formation and family reunion
• EU citizen
• Refugees (granted asylum) 

Remember?

Love (family formation en familiy reunion)

Work (labour migrants; guest workers + study/school)

Shelter (asylum seekers)

Restrictive immigration policy

Love

Work

Shelter

Restrictive immigration policy

Proof of relation

Love

Work

Shelter

Restrictive immigration policy

Proof of relation

Only EU or 

high paid jobs (knowledge migrants = kennismigranten)

Love

Work

Shelter

Restrictive immigration policy

Proof of relation

Only EU or 

high paid jobs (knowledge migrants = kennismigranten)

Proof of  prosecution, 

death threat etc

• (1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  

(also in Constitution) 

(2) European Convention on Human Rights(1950)

family formation and family reunification

 (3) UN-Convention on Status of Refugees (1951)

right of refugees

"prosecuted for religion, political conviction, nationality,  race, social identity " 

 (4) Treaty of Maastricht (1992)

free movement of persons and goods (EU)

INTERNATIONAL RULES

•  (1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  

(also in Constitution) 

(2) European Convention on Human Rights(1950)

family formation and family reunification

 (3) UN-Convention on Status of Refugees (1951)

right of refugees

"prosecuted for religion, political conviction, nationality,  race, social identity " 

 (4) Treaty of Maastricht (1992)

free movement of persons and goods 

(EU)

Welcome or not?
Naima (17) from Egypt marries her Dutch fiancé Jan (21). After the wedding, they would like to live together in Utrecht.

1. Not welcome. Min. age for family formation is 21
2. Maybe, only after proof that it is a long lasting relation
3. only if Jan has an own income (no state benefit)
4. Welcome, marriage is sufficient condition

An Algerian boy, living in France, thinks that he will have a better chance of getting a job
Welcome or not?
(choose the best fitting answer)

1. Welcome, France is part of the EU (Treaty of Maastricht)
2. Not welcome, Algeria is not part of the EU.
3. Welcome, provided he has a French passport
4. Not welcome, a job is not sufficient reason to go from France to the NLs

A young man from Mexico is severely beaten at a police station after a protest demonstration. After being freed, he flees to the Netherlands.
Welcome or not? (Choose best answer)

1. No, Mexico is considered a safe country
2. Yes, he is a political refugee
3. Yes, when police uses violence, he is a political refugee
4. No, but the Immigration Service will contact the Mexican police

Siyad Husayn (27) has fled to the Netherlands to escape the violence in his native country, Somalia.

Welcome or not? (Choose the best answer)

1. Probably, Somalia has an ongoing civil war
2. Only if relatives are already in the NLs
3. No, Somalia has save zones; he can live there

After her husband disappeared without trace, Halima Sayedi (22) from Afghanistan decides to flee to the Netherlands.
Welcome or not?

1. No, insufficient reason to become a refugee
2. Yes, because of the presence of Taliban and Al Qaida
3. Yes, it is likely that her husband is killed
4. Maybe, if the husband is gone for longer than 6 months

Tekst

UDHR

European Convention

Human Rights

UN - 

convention

refugees

Treaty of Maastricht

Basic Human Rights

Free migration 

Famiiy reunification

Rights of asylum seekers

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