Angolans in the Netherlands
Total population | |
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9,363 (2022) Roman Catholicism, minority Pentecostalism[3] |
There is a small population of Angolans in the Netherlands numbering around 10,000 people, largely consisting of refugees from the Angolan Civil War.
Migration history
The Netherlands has no longstanding historical links with Angola. Early Angolan migrants in Europe typically settled in Portugal, the former colonial power in their home country. However, they found it difficult to obtain work there, and also suffered from discrimination. Some thus travelled to other countries, including the Netherlands.[4]
The major draw for Angolan migration to the Netherlands was the relatively generous asylum policy.
Before 2002, there was little return migration from the Netherlands to Angola; only ten such individuals were known to the International Organization for Migration.[9] However, in 2003, the number of returnees began to increase sharply.[10] Under the Return and Emigration of Aliens from the Netherlands programme, rejected asylum seekers are eligible for a variety of support including an airline ticket to the airport nearest their return destination, reimbursement of fees paid to acquire travel documents, and a resettlement payment to assist with the initial period after relocation.[11] Unaccompanied minors returning to Angola voluntarily also receive assistance in locating their family, and may also be provided with free temporary accommodation at a reception centre if their family cannot be located or cannot receive them.[9]
There is also some
As of today, Angolans are part of the wider Portuguese-speaking community in the Netherlands, comprising around 35,000 people from PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from Angola or from Cape Verde), Timor-Leste or Macau,[13] 65,000 Brazilians[14] and 35,600 Portuguese.[15]
Demographic characteristics
As of 2022, statistics of the Dutch
- 4,995 persons of first-generation background
- 4,368 persons of second-generation background, of which:
- 1,868 persons with one parent born in the Netherlands
- 2,500 persons with both parents born outside the Netherlands
For a total of 9,363 persons. This represented roughly 3.6 times the 1996 total of 2,594 persons. Their total population peaked in 2004 at 12,281 persons and has been in decline since then.[16]
Organisations
As of 2007[update], Angolans had established five of their own organisations in the Netherlands, as well as three jointly with Congolese migrants. The latter are unusual in Dutch society, as the two groups share neither a common language (other than Dutch) nor a common country of origin. The organisations generally aim to bring Angolans together and promote their integration into Dutch society, empower Angolan women, provide sex education, and organise social activities and sports competitions. The organisations are generally male-dominated, with as many as 80% of the members being men.[17]
Notable individuals
References
Notes
- ^ a b "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ Brons & Schaap 2002, p. 15
- ^ Laarman 2007, p. 130
- ^ a b c Sysling, Fenneke (2007-07-20), "Nederland in trek bij Angolezen/Netherlands in vogue with Angolans", Trouw, retrieved 2009-09-04
- ^ "Nederland populairst bij Angolezens/Netherlands most popular with Angolans", Trouw, 2001-09-01, retrieved 2009-09-04
- ^ Moleman, Hans (2002-07-02), "Angolese jongeren zien Nederland als paradijs", de Volkskrant, retrieved 2009-10-11
- ^ "Kalsbeek: Angolezen terug/Kalsbeek: Angolans, go back", Trouw, 2001-05-30, retrieved 2009-08-04
- ^ "Angolese asielzoekers hoeven nog niet terug/Angolan asylum-seekers will not go back", Trouw, 1999-07-02, retrieved 2009-09-04
- ^ a b IOM 2006, p. 7
- ^ IOM 2006, p. 10
- ^ IOM 2006, p. 6
- ^ van Wijk 2008
- ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Brasileiros no exterior" (PDF).
- ^ "Observatório da Emigração". observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ CBS 2009; the year 1996 is the earliest for which statistics are available online
- ^ Laarman 2007, p. 136
Sources
- Brons, Maria; Schaap, Caroline (2002), Profile analysis of Angolans in the Netherlands, Pilot Project: Prepared Return, The Hague: International Organization for Migration, archived from the original on 2011-07-22
- Research into the determinant factors for return of Angolans from the Netherlands, Research Reports, The Hague: International Organization for Migration, 2006, archived from the original on 2011-07-22
- Laarman, Charlotte (2007), "De Portugeestalige migranten en hun parochies in de Nederlandse Katholieke Kerk, 1969-2005/Lusophone migrants and their parishes in the Dutch Roman Catholic church, 1969-2005" (PDF), Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 4 (1): 117–142, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24, retrieved 2009-10-11
- van Wijk, Joris (2008), "Luanda – Holanda: Irregular migration from Angola to the Netherlands", International Migration, 48 (2): 1–30,
- Population by origin and generation, 1 January, The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2009, retrieved 2009-10-11
Further reading
- van Wijk, Joris (2007), Luanda – Holanda: Irreguliere (asiel)migratie van Angola naar Nederland, Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers, OCLC 212337017
- Smit, Regien (August 2007), "The power of the word: How Angolan Pentecostal Christians in Rotterdam experience power in an uncertain world", International migration, multi-local livelihoods and human security: Perspectives from Europe, Asia and Africa (PDF), Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17
External links
- Uniao Angolana, an Angolan community organisation in the Netherlands