TY  - UNPB
TI  - CATEGORIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN DUTCH POLICYMAKING: Implications for civic integration in the Netherlands
AV  - public
EP  - 23
A1  - Lukas, Sjoerd
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3786/
Y1  - 2022///
M1  - bachelor
N2  - The Netherlands is looking back on the experience of nine years of civic integration policy, with a new policy set to be implemented in early 2022. It aims to change the civic integration process by introducing those obliged to fulfil the civic integration from day one to the Dutch labour market and society. Differentiating people between three different civic integration paths, the goal is to be accommodating for everyone. Deciding who is required to fulfil the civic integration process is done through categorization of people based on characteristics, with main characteristics such as age, nationality and prior education being critical. 
In this research, governmental and academic experts on integration and policymaking are consulted. Through literature review, policy review and interviews is explored what role categorization has in policymaking and what impact categorization has on immigrants. Findings show that only a small group of immigrants and refugees stand to benefit from the old policy. The new approach with its three different civic integration paths is expected to help accommodate more immigrants in their civic integration process. However, the remaining issue seems to be in who is categorised as someone requiring integration and who is not. Therefore, recommendations are made to further investigate the rigidity of categories and review what characteristics are critical in this decision.
ID  - theses_frw3786
ER  -