Children of immigrants to NL are catching up at school and work

The children of immigrants to the Netherlands are performing better at school but are still more likely to have spells without work and to earn less than the average person, according to new research from national statistics agency CBS. In the previous school year, 49% of second generation children were told they could go into pre-college (havo) or pre-university (vwo) streams at secondary school, compared with 38% in the 2011/12 school year. The rise is much higher than that for...