Ethnic Heterogeneity of Cancer in Europe : Lessons from registry-based studies in migrants
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Europe has long since laid off its image as a primarily emigration-dominated continent \nand has transformed into a coveted destination of immigrants from all over the world. \nImmigration has substantially characterized the European society and has ensured a \npositive migration balance as well as a rejuvenating influence in many countries since \nmid-1900s (2). \nIn Europe, there have been three major migration waves since World War II. Immigration \nto the Netherlands is closely interrelated with those developments and exemplary for \nseveral other Western European countries, such as Germany, France and the Scandinavian \ncountries. Shortages on the lower labour market caused by the economic growth in \nthe post-war era resulted in vigorous labour migration from the south of Europe, Turkey \nand the Maghrebian countries. The recruitment of guest-workers stopped with the recession \nin 1973 (in the Netherlands in 1975) and was followed by family reunification, \nrepresenting the most common immigration type to the Netherlands. Many Turks and \nMoroccans residing in the Netherlands and other Western European countries called \nfor their families in order to settle permanently. In the 1980s, the Netherlands faced \na post-industrial immigration wave, which mainly consisted of asylum seekers, highly \neducated migrant workers and illegal immigrants. Next to those developments affecting \nlarge parts of Western Europe, some countries, including the Netherlands, experienced \nsubstantial postcolonial immigration. The decolonization of the Dutch East Indies caused \nconsiderable migration to the Netherlands in the 1950s and 60s. Similarly, the independence \nof Suriname in 1975 contributed to persistent immigration. Today, about \n350,000 Surinamese people live in the Netherlands while Suriname itself hosts about \nless than half a million inhabitants.
Author: Melina Arnold
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W121193282