Dutch to deport unemployed Poles?

8th July 2011

Waldemar Pawlak has stated the plans may lead to an end of free movement in Europe

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Polish politicians have condemned as “dangerous” Dutch proposals to deport jobless Poles from the Netherlands, saying they could “lead to the collapse” of the principle of the free movement of labour in the EU.

Hank Kamp, the Dutch social affairs minister, presented proposals to expel Polish and other Central Europeans who have no work and little prospect of finding any. He also proposed withholding benefits of anybody who does not speak Dutch.

The Kamp plan, which reflects growing concerns in Holland that its welfare system is being abused, has failed to go down well in Polish circles.

“We are concerned about the Dutch plans,” Waldemar Pawlak, the deputy prime ministe ...

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