Netherlands has higher migration balance than US over past decade. Average immigration costs treasury substantial net money. Asylum migration costs huge sums. Family migration and some study/labor migration also net drains. Few migrant groups contribute positively. Poorly integrating immigrants stick to welfare while high performers leave. Integration fails in work, income, benefits, healthcare, education, youth issues, crime. Problems persist into second and third generations for culturally distant groups. International treaties block selection on skills and knowledge. Low-potential immigrants enter via asylum. Welfare state acts as inverted magnet for poor integrators. Unchanged policy will collapse welfare state under costs. Solution requires repatriating migration policy from EU to select at borders. Report uses detailed data on all 17+ million residents. Distinguishes by origin region and motive. Considers school performance and education.
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