Netherlands: Learn Dutch or get out (video)

Ashley Wells and CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Swampland (TIME.com, video)

 

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France's Muslim "face veil" (burka) ban is just the latest controversial law aimed at assimilating new immigrants in Europe. The Netherlands now requires Dutch fluency to become a citizen. More

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