Samenvatting
There are more than 120 000 Latin American immigrants currently living in the Netherlands. They come to the Netherlands for various reasons, that is why they can not be considered as a coherent group. However, as we found out thanks to our investigation, during and after the process of their immigration most of them encounter the same problems. After identifying it, in this project
the Foundation Empower Yourself worked together with bachelor student European Language and Culture Tereza Drazanova decided to have a closer look at this issue. Since there was a great lack of information regarding the topic of immigration from Latin America to the Netherlands, we aim to open the debate in the academic field, as well as among the broad public. We started by conducting an investigation in the form of an online survey and personal
interviews, targeting respondents who are from Latin America, have Spanish as their native language and are currently living in the Netherlands. After some preliminary research, we decided to focus mainly on the barriers related to language and lack of information. “Our main and final goal is to facilitate the process of immigration and integration of Latin Americans to the Netherlands.”
By talking to this specific group of people, we aimed to identify what are the main barriers that they have to face at any point apart from the moment when they decide to immigrate from their home country in Latin America to the Netherlands, even after their arrival. This way we seek to take the first step in opening the conversation about this topic and, thus, be able to further investigate the common problems for these immigrants and propose possible solutions to them. Finally, we would like to reach our main and best possible objective: help Latin Americans with the process of their immigration to the Netherlands so that hey feel at home and can participate in Dutch society quickly.
the Foundation Empower Yourself worked together with bachelor student European Language and Culture Tereza Drazanova decided to have a closer look at this issue. Since there was a great lack of information regarding the topic of immigration from Latin America to the Netherlands, we aim to open the debate in the academic field, as well as among the broad public. We started by conducting an investigation in the form of an online survey and personal
interviews, targeting respondents who are from Latin America, have Spanish as their native language and are currently living in the Netherlands. After some preliminary research, we decided to focus mainly on the barriers related to language and lack of information. “Our main and final goal is to facilitate the process of immigration and integration of Latin Americans to the Netherlands.”
By talking to this specific group of people, we aimed to identify what are the main barriers that they have to face at any point apart from the moment when they decide to immigrate from their home country in Latin America to the Netherlands, even after their arrival. This way we seek to take the first step in opening the conversation about this topic and, thus, be able to further investigate the common problems for these immigrants and propose possible solutions to them. Finally, we would like to reach our main and best possible objective: help Latin Americans with the process of their immigration to the Netherlands so that hey feel at home and can participate in Dutch society quickly.
| Vertaalde titel van de bijdrage | Latin American immigrants in the Netherlands: What are the biggest problems for Latin American immigrants during and after their immigration process to the Netherlands? |
|---|---|
| Originele taal-2 | Spanish |
| Uitgeverij | Science Shops RUG |
| Aantal pagina's | 49 |
| Status | Published - jan.-2022 |