Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Immigrants to Belgium versus Belgian emigrants

Emigration rate up by 15pc in four years
The number of Belgians emigrating abroad has increased by 15 percent in the past four years, OECD figures have revealed. The OECD study found that 20,000 Belgians are leaving the country every year. In total, about 500,000 Belgians are believed to have moved abroad. A Leuven Catholic University academic said most people decide to leave for economic reasons. Despite the rising rate of emigration, however, many more Belgians stay at home in comparison with other nations.


I don't see the neo-nazi extreme right party publishing this when they write up: 1,000 new Polish workers every month
About 1,000 (temporary) jobs at Flemish companies are being taken up every month by expat Polish workers, government figures indicate. Since 1 June, the procedure for recruiting foreign workers from the new 10 EU member states have been simplified. Between 1 May and 31 July, a total of 3,086 work permits were issued in Flanders to nationals from the 10 new EU states. That is almost triple the amount in the same period last year (1,123).

Expatica .

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