Can a Polish ghetto in Holland stop racist attacks?
The idea originated from Pierre van Loenen, the director of job agency Axidus which employs Poles with German passports in the Netherlands. Poles have to apply for special permits the number of which is limited and concerns only selected sectors of the economy. Last year 26,000 Poles received such permits. Axidus offers jobs for unskilled workers who do not have to know Dutch, but there is already about a 1,000 of them and the number is to increase further. They are accommodated in 31 hotels but it is not enough. According to one Axidus employee, the Polish housing estate is to protect Poles from the Dutch racism. According to Dutch media , the district will probably be located near the highway to Rotterdam. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) E.B.