Forces to migrate from Angola to the Netherlands

In this paper I will focus on the group of asylum seekers who entered the Netherlands since 1998 and explain why they left Angola and ended up in the Netherlands; a country without any historical or linguistic linkages to Angola. What specific reasons made Angolans leave their country and what rationale was behind their choice to come to the Netherlands? Different empirical studies on push- and pull-factors of asylum seekers have already been carried out (see for instance Barsky 1995, Doornhein & Dijkhoff 1995, Koser 1997, Böcker & Havinga 1997, Doornbos a.o. 2001). It is interesting t... Mehr ...