3 hours agoWhy the Netherlands doesn't like Albanians -- Albanian crime there is only 0.2 percent
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The dislike of Albania and Albanians from the Netherlands is a long story, which did not start the day before with parliament's request for the removal of visa liberalisation to Albanian citizens. Another year ago, it was the Netherlands, which under the motto “Strict, but fair”, at the [...] Council of Ministers meeting.
Even a year ago, it was the Netherlands, which under the motto “Strict, but fair”, at the EU Council of Ministers meeting expressed deep scepticism for the opening of membership negotiations.
The CDA party spokeswoman, MP Madeleine van Toorentburg, said harsh words in Parliament and asked less Albanians in her country, in a form that would suit the far-right political party, PVV.
The demanding visa return MPs failed to abide by facts and figures for Albanian criminality, presented in Parliament by the Dutch Government. As the main reason for the return of visas, 5 political parties in the Netherlands used what they termed a serious “organised crime in Amsterdam and Rotterdam”.
But how much does this argument stand in Parliament?
Top Channel, based on official data of “The Netherlands' Statline” brings in the statistical data of Albanians who have had problems with the law over the past two years.
If we look at the data on criminal offences by suspected Albanian citizens in the Netherlands, from 710 people in 2016, they have dropped to 499 in 2017 and 470 suspected persons in 2018. Furthermore, among the 244,500 suspects in the Dutch authorities' respective registry for 2018, Albanians account for only 0.2% of the cases.
In the letter sent by the Minister of Security and Justice to the Netherlands Parliament, it stressed that the European Commission praises the criteria related to visa-free travel for all countries that have such a visa regime.
The EC report, December 2018, clearly states that Albania meets all criteria for visa-free travel. Even this fact was overlooked by MP Van Toorenburg and several other deputies, shifting the debate to the Dutch Parliament from the fact language to hatred of Albanians.
