Immigration In The 20th Century Essay

Immigration in the 20th century peaked after the Second World War. Many people from many countries came to the Netherlands, looking for a new life, or a job. Not just locals from countries overseas migrated, but also the Dutch living in the former colonies, like Indonesia. Many Dutch people from Indonesia came back home after the war. They are seen as the first wave of immigration. At first, they were not going to stay permanently. However, they changed their minds and many stayed for the rest of their life. Luckily, the government saw this in time and began to integrate the immigrants into the Dutch society.

The second wave, the Moluccans, who fought alongside the Dutch against the Indonesian uprising for independence, came to the Netherlands in the early 1950s. They were brought to their new country after Indonesia gained independence. There was no life for the Moluccans in the new Indonesia and thus they were brought to their new home. Despite this, they were not integrated into Dutch society. The Moluccans were housed separately and were segregated from the mainstream Dutch society. The social and spatial segregation lead to the alienation of the Moluccans.

When the Dutch post-war economy boomed many saw the opportunity for work. Many Mediterranean migrants immigrated to the Netherlands after …show more content…
They migrated to the Netherlands during their first year of independence. This was easily done since these immigrants already had the Dutch nationality. This due to the fact that their countries of origin belonged to the Dutch colonies. Large amounts of Surinamese and Dutch Antillean migrants lead to huge problems. They were discriminated and not accepted by the Dutch. In spite of this, the Surinamese and Dutch Antilleans managed to integrate into Dutch society, even though that migrating back to Surinam and the Dutch Antilles was promoted by the Dutch