TITLE

Tailor's tale wins sympathy but no reprieve by Dutch

AUTHOR(S)

Levy, Rachael

PUB. DATE

October 1997

SOURCE

Christian Science Monitor;10/21/97, Vol. 89 Issue 228, p6

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Looks at the case of Zekeriya Gumus and his family, who left Holland after a long struggle against the country's strict immigration policies. How the generous Dutch welfare state attracted too many immigrants for the small nation; Growing public resentment against illegal immigrants which caused the government to restrict is laws; How this affected the Gumus family; Portion of the Dutch public that supported the Gumus family.

ACCESSION #

9710222866

Tags: GUMUS, Zekeriya;  EMIGRATION & immigration law

 

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