Refugees from Suriname
The lack of political responsibility by the weak Surinamese governments is demonstrated through the absence of in- terest in the migration of 25% of the population to the Netherlands. Increas- ing social unrest gave rise to an uninter- ested and uncaring attitude towards the migration of prof...
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The lack of political responsibility by the weak Surinamese governments is demonstrated through the absence of in- terest in the migration of 25% of the population to the Netherlands. Increas- ing social unrest gave rise to an uninter- ested and uncaring attitude towards the migration of professionals, technicians, and skilled workers since the fifties: in the sixties and seventies, the so-called crisis strata and socially explosive elements of the society followed. More- over, after the 1980 military take-over by non-commissioned officers, the power elites developed strategies to en- courage migration of so-called "destab- ilizing" countrymen. A massacre in December 1982 by the nearly three-year old leftist junta led to the involuntary migration to the Netherlands of more than one thousand persons of several ethnic groups.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9495a26601c2471398ea1b87451867482023-12-03T06:42:20ZengYork University LibrariesRefuge0229-51131920-73361984-03-013310.25071/1920-7336.41310Refugees from SurinameBetty Sedoc-Dahlberg0University of Florida The lack of political responsibility by the weak Surinamese governments is demonstrated through the absence of in- terest in the migration of 25% of the population to the Netherlands. Increas- ing social unrest gave rise to an uninter- ested and uncaring attitude towards the migration of professionals, technicians, and skilled workers since the fifties: in the sixties and seventies, the so-called crisis strata and socially explosive elements of the society followed. More- over, after the 1980 military take-over by non-commissioned officers, the power elites developed strategies to en- courage migration of so-called "destab- ilizing" countrymen. A massacre in December 1982 by the nearly three-year old leftist junta led to the involuntary migration to the Netherlands of more than one thousand persons of several ethnic groups. https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/41310Suriname RefugeesDutch Refugee PoliciesInvoluntary Migration |
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| topic | Suriname Refugees Dutch Refugee Policies Involuntary Migration |
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