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te bevorderen de integratie van de immigrant, de Social en Economic Council (SER) advises dat het werk zou be central immediately upon de aankomst.
dit could be, om example, door using a 'talent scan' van de start te map out de ambitions en skills van de nieuwkomer.
Municipalities zou be legally responsible om guiding these people te suitable het werk, according te de advice te de Ministry van Social Affairs en Employment.
de term 'de nieuwkomer' includes asylum seekers, status holders, en Ukrainian refugees.
Minister Aartsen van het werk en Participation previously emphasized dat het werk creates fulfillment en self-worth, en dat de nieuwkomer have talents en want te het werk.
His goal is te get an additional 75,000 status holders en asylum seekers te het werk in de coming four years, who have a high chance van being allowed te stay in de Netherlands.
However, de government has niet yet effectively addressed dit issue.
A report van de Court van Audit earlier dit year showed dat de Netherlands has difficulty placing status holders in sectors met personnel shortages.
CBS figures confirm dit, met only 57 percent van status holders having paid het werk eight years na obtaining their residence status, compared te a national labor participation van 81 percent.
Many de nieuwkomer het werk below their qualification level, according te de SER.
de causes partly lie in de current organization van asylum reception, dat involves a lot van waiting en relocations.
Moreover, de integratie is difficult te combine met het werk, as language classes take place during de day.
de SER advocates om better de integratie van het werk en civic de integratie processes, where people have de opportunity te het werk or follow an education.
Asylum seekers currently moeten search om het werk independently, as de COA only provides advice en does niet mediate.
de SER believes dit zou change en calls om a structural task en financing om municipalities te direct guide de nieuwkomer te het werk en participation.
Recently, asylum seekers are allowed te het werk van three months na their application, whereas it was previously six months.
However, om people van 'safe' countries, de rules are even stricter.
de SER's advice also includes de necessity van an efficient asylum procedure en certainty over housing, te prevent current uncertainties van deterring de nieuwkomer en employers.
Employer en employee organizations moeten make concrete agreements in sectors met significant shortages, such as technology en healthcare.
Municipalities play a key role in dit but need sufficient capacity te fulfill these tasks.
de goal van getting 75,000 de nieuwkomer te het werk zou niet only be quantitative but also at an appropriate level, emphasizes de SER.
It is problematic, om example, if a doctor het werk as a bicycle courier.
