Migrants and categories

The state’s perspective

A Migrant

• In the statistics

A Migrant

• In the statistics

Statistics serve

policy purposes

A Migrant

• In the statistics– Foreign born– Nationality– Ethnicity (sometimes religion)

A Migrant

• In the statistics– Foreign born– Nationality– Ethnicity

• Dutch case: allochtonen and autochtonen

The Allochtonous

• Allochtonen in the Netherlands (2006):

3.147.700

Non-western 1.720.100

Western 1.427.600

Foreign born

• Immigrants in the Netherlands:

1.600.200

• Non-western 1.014.900

• Western 585.300

Allochtonous: 3.147.700

The Allochtonous

• Allochtonen in the Netherlands in 2050:

5.678.000

Non-western 3.458.000

Western 2.220.000