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2006-01-23 Europe

Dutch MPs approve hi-tech test for would-be migrants

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Posted by lotp 2006-01-23 10:27|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Uh, Clem."

Posted by Glaimble Sning9065 2006-01-23 19:27|| 2006-01-23 19:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The doors are going shut all over Europe; we shall not see them open again in our lifetime.

Posted by Edward Gray 2006-01-23 19:31|| 2006-01-23 19:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Candidates must take the exam â in Dutch - at an embassy or consulate. It will test their knowledge of the language and culture and be taken over the phone, verbally, using a PC with speech recognition software.

I'm confused: do the candidates have to physically go to a Dutch consulate/embassy, or can they just call it in? How wil the computer know that the person talking to it is the same person who subsequently moves into that lovely flat overlooking the Princegracht in Amsterdam?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-23 20:38|| 2006-01-23 20:38|| Front Page Top

#4 TW that's details. The important thing is demanding such a test.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-01-23 21:29|| 2006-01-23 21:29|| Front Page Top

#5 So, their artists get killed in the street, their politicians live under armed guard, and they still think immigration is a good idea?

Posted by Spavigum Ulomosh9738 2006-01-23 22:55|| 2006-01-23 22:55|| Front Page Top

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