eprintid: 3518
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2021-07-06 16:23:47
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Vriezema, Irene
creators_id: S3773809
creators_email: irenevriezema@gmail.com
title: Integration through the eyes of the migrant: To what extent do Muslim migrants identify with the Dutch notion of citizenship?
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Integration and immigration is an ongoing debate in the Netherlands, especially that of 
Muslim migrants. Often times the cultural differences of this minority are mentioned, and 
instead of looking at accomplishments, their crime rate, wage-gap and percentage of school 
drop-outs compared to non-Muslims is highlighted. This difference in socio-economic factors 
compared to ethnic Dutch is then explained as a consequence of their lower level of integration. 
This lower level of integration of Muslim migrants, compared to non-Muslim migrants, is 
believed to be a result of their strong affiliation with their religion, which is said to be a 
hindrance towards their integration into Dutch society, and for them to become a true Dutch 
citizen. A theory that touches upon this identification with a religion, more than with a civic 
framework, is the ethnic nationalism versus civic nationalism debate. This theory is often 
mentioned as an explanation for the structural integration issues that migrants from the East 
are said to face in the West. This research aims to give a voice to these migrants themselves, to 
tell their side of the story regarding integration and citizenship. Not only will they touch upon 
their view on Dutch integration policies, they will also provide this research with an answer to 
this ethnic versus civic debate. As it turns out, Muslim migrants’ views on citizenship differ 
from that of the Dutch, and could perhaps stem from their views on nationalism and preferred 
integration policy. As their views on nationalism essentially differ, they see the integration and 
form of citizenship that the Dutch have in mind to be an impossible goal in the first place. 
Perhaps the Dutch government could learn a thing or two from these experiences and take 
them into account when a new integration policy is being constructed.
date: 2021
pages: 19
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Adaawen, S.A.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: S.A.Adaawen@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Integration policy
keywords_local: Immigration
keywords_local: Muslim migrants
keywords_local: Dutch citizenship
keywords_local: Nationalism
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-07-03
citation:   Vriezema, Irene  (2021) Integration through the eyes of the migrant: To what extent do Muslim migrants identify with the Dutch notion of citizenship?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3518/1/ASSIGNMENT%207%20BACHELOR%20PROJECT%20final%20version%20bachelor%20thesis%20Irene%20Vriezema%20S3773809%2011-6-21.pdf