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Work destination Netherlands: lies, abuse and precarious conditions in Europe's logistics hub
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Equal Times
In 2014, lawyer Rafael Polo was working in the Labour and Migration Department of the Spanish Embassy in the Netherlands. His job was to offer legal and employment advice to Spanish nationals who had been arriving in growing numbers since 2007, when the economic crisis pushed Spain's unemployment rate above 20 per cent.
In 1996, there were around 28,000 Spanish citizens living in the Netherlands. After the crisis, that figure had risen to nearly 40,000. Most had come in search of steady (…)
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Netherlands ,
Spain,
Europe-Global,
Decent work,
Labour,
Exploitation,
Precarious work,
Labour laws,
Future of work,
Brandon Johnson