Minder Nederlanders emigreren thans
Abstract
Article on the decline in numbers of Dutch migration to Australia.
Translation
Fewer Dutch people are currently emigrating
THE HAGUE — According to a report by the emigration service, 6,731 Dutch people emigrated to Australia last year, the lowest number since 1949.
The report attributes this reduction mainly to the housing shortage in Australia ‘which is particularly affecting the Dutch, who are accustomed to migrating as a family’. In the 5 years since the start of the implementation of the Dutch migration program, 300,000 Dutch people left for overseas countries, 100,000 of them to Australia, and the rest to Canada and South Africa, according to the report.
In 1957 only 45,000 Dutch people emigrated, compared to 54,000 in the previous year. For the first time since 1950, the Netherlands is facing a migration surplus in 1958, which is due to the repatriation of Dutch nationals from Indonesia.
THE HAGUE — According to a report by the emigration service, 6,731 Dutch people emigrated to Australia last year, the lowest number since 1949.
The report attributes this reduction mainly to the housing shortage in Australia ‘which is particularly affecting the Dutch, who are accustomed to migrating as a family’. In the 5 years since the start of the implementation of the Dutch migration program, 300,000 Dutch people left for overseas countries, 100,000 of them to Australia, and the rest to Canada and South Africa, according to the report.
In 1957 only 45,000 Dutch people emigrated, compared to 54,000 in the previous year. For the first time since 1950, the Netherlands is facing a migration surplus in 1958, which is due to the repatriation of Dutch nationals from Indonesia.
| Date |
1958-10-03 |
| Transcription |
Minder Nederlanders emigreren thans DEN HAAG — Volgens een verslag van de emigratiedienst zijn er vorig jaar 6.731 Nederlanders naar Australië geëmigreerd, hetgeen het laagste aantal was sinds 1949. In het verslag wordt deze daling voornamelijk toegeschreven aan de woningnood in Australië ‘welke vooral de Nederlanders, die gewend zijn in familie verband te emigreren, weerhoudt’. In de 5 jaar sinds met de uitvoering van het Nederlandse emigratie programma werd begonnen, vertrokken 300.000 Nederlanders naar overzeese landen, waarvan 100.000 naar Australië en de rest naar Canada en Zuid-Afrika, aldus het verslag. In 1957 emigreerden slechts 45.000 Nederlanders, tegen 54.000 in het voorafgaande jaar. Voor het eerst sinds 1950 staat Nederland in 1958 een migratieoverschot te wachten, hetgeen te wijten is aan de repatriëring van Nederlandse onderdanen uit Indonesië. |
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| Creator |
Dutch Australian Weekly |
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| Item number |
224076169 |
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Digitised |
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Newspapers |
| Date accessed |
2022-09-13 |
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