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Netherlands: Amsterdam police to repatriate Moroccans

01 July 1997

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The Amsterdam police plan to launch a repatriation project for Moroccans found guilty of crimes who do not have residents permits. The first pilot project is set to be launched later this year.

The aim of the project, according to police spokesman K. Wilting, is to end the problem of "illegal criminals causing problems through street robberies and theft in the city centre" by offering them work in their country of origin. According to statistics gathered by the Centraal Bureau voor Statistiek, 60 percent of youths currently incarcerated in institutions are from ethnic minorities, up from 50 percent in 1991.

NRC Handelsblad Weekeditie, 19.8.97.

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