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Eurostat has been engaged since the beginning of 1993 in a very active publication
programme in the field of migration statistics. The first publications were in the form
of what is called "Statistics in Focus", (previously "Rapid Reports"), small information
leaflets giving quick information on a specific subject. Four such "Rapid Reports"
have been published: on non-national population, migrant women, flows and
asylum-seekers, and a fifth, on naturalisation, is under way.
The results of the study conducted by the NIDI on behalf of Eurostat concerning
asylum-seekers and refugees have been published in two volumes. The first volume
dealing with the EU countries was published in early 1994, the second volume
dealing with the EFTA countries was published in late 1994.
Finally, a Yearbook on migration statistics was published in late 1994. A new edition,
somewhat different from the previous one will appear before the end of 1995.
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ANNEX I
Eurostat publications
Statistics in Focus (Rapid Reports) "Population and Social Conditions":
1993-6 Population by citizenship in the EC - 1.1.1991
1993-8 Female population by citizenship in the EC - 1.1.1991
1993-12 International Migration Flows in selected EC countries - 1991
1994-1 Asylum-seekers in the EU: Better data needed
1994-7 Non-nationals form over four per cent of total population in the European
Union - 1.1.1992
1995-3 International Migration in the EU Member States - 1992
1995-? Acquisition of citizenship 1980-1993
Other publications:
Migration statistics - 1994
- Asylum-seekers and refugees, a statistical report, Volume 1: EC Member
States, 1994
- Asylum-seekers and refugees, a statistical report, Volume 2: EFTA
countries, 1994
- Demographic Statistics 1995
- Labour Force Survey - Results 1993
- Education across the European Union - Statistics and Indicators
- Causes of international migration - Proceedings of a workshop,
Luxembourg, 14-16
December 1994
- Proposals for the harmonisation of European Community statistics on
international migration, 1990
- Proposals for the harmonisation of EFTA statistics on international
migration, 1991
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Equivalency and equal access as standards
for ethnic minority policy
in The Netherlands
J. Dagevos
Social integration of minorities in the netherlands: equivalency and equal
access
1. Introduction
Although, in a welfare state, the answer to the question: Who gets what and why?
should be based on well defined principles of social justice, decisions regarding the
distribution of social goods (eg wealth, income, education, labour, housing) are
based on political realities. As a consequence, it remains unclear what standards are
valid if we want to make a judgement on the extent to which social inequality is
acceptable and whether a certain distribution of social goods is fair. In the
Netherlands there is one main exception; in order to formulate the main objective of,
and also to evaluate the policy aimed at ethnic minorities, the Dutch government has
developed a well defined standard of distributive justice.
The foundation for the policy aimed at ethnic minorities dates from 1983 when the
policy document Minderhedennota was published. In this document the distribution
of social goods is seen as fair if members of minority groups have an equal share in
the distribution of these goods. As a consequence, the main objective of this policy is
to realize that minorities will have their equal share. This is the standard known as
equivalency. To stimulate this, minorities should have equal access to important
government provisions, for example the employment office and the educational
system.
The crucial point here is the operationalization of equal share or equivalency. This is
the translation of the idea of distributive justice in this social area. The government
has chosen clear indicators in order to measure equivalency (eg educational
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achievements, unemployment rates). Furthermore, the idea of equal share has to be
measured against indigenous Dutch with comparable characteristics. The Dutch
government wants to monitor the development of the socio-economic position of
ethnic minorities. Since 1986 the Institute for Sociological and Economic Research
(ISEO) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam has been responsible for this project,
known as the T&E project.
2. Ethnic minorities in the Netherlands
More than 2 million inhabitants of the Netherlands are not indigenous Dutch people [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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