This week the integration minister Ella Vogelaar spoke out against her fellow politicians, saying their stance against immigration was all for show. She plans to increase the ethnic diversity in Holland and thinks that the gap between native Dutch people and immigrants is not beneficial for the society. The Dutch people find the increasing visibility of Islamic people threatening, even though non-western immigrants aren't accepted as ordinary citizens.
I think that politicians can talk about "bridging the gap" all they want, but they have a long road ahead of them to change people's core beliefs, and in this case hatred. It won't change anything to have a law making eastern immigrants true citizens, or to make it easier for them to come into the country, if the people of the country don't have the same core beliefs that they do, it is a long road ahead. I am not saying that you shouldn't try to change what people believe, especially if it is hate, but it is going to take a lot more than what Vogelaar has proposed.
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