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Public Administration; Minorities - De serie 'Voorstudies en achtergronden' omvat werkstukken die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de WRR tot stand zijn gekomen en naar zijn oordeel van zodanige kwaliteit en betekenis zijn, dat publicatie gewenst is. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen standpunten berust bij de auteurs.

LIKE OTHER WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THE NETHERLANDS HAS BECOME AN IMMIGRATION DESTINATION AGAINST ITS WILL. SINCE 1960, THREE MAJOR MIGRATION FLOWS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS MIGRATION SURPLUS: LABOR MIGRATION FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, MIGRATION FROM FORMER DUTCH COLONIES, AND MIGRATION OF INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES. IN EACH CASE, THE POLICY ADOPTED BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE THE MIGRATION HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THIS PAPER ANALYZES WHY IT IS SO DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT MIGRATION REGULATIONS. A VERY IMPORTANT REASON SEEMS TO BE THE CONTRADICTORY AIMS OF THE WELFARE STATE THAT, ON THE ONE HAND, TRIES TO KEEP IMMIGRANTS OUT BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND, SEEKS TO ENSURE FULL CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION.