This year it is commemorated that 10 years ago the Netherlands received the first refugees as a result of the Arab Spring. This made the Netherlands one of the first European countries to welcome these refugees. Status holders of the Netherlands and its partners include the municipalities of the Netherlands, various ministries, companies and organizations. Want to take this fact as a guideline or common thread for their activities for the year 2022. Status holders The Netherlands, together with its partners, will place its activities under this flag as much as possible this year. The activity program of Status Holders Netherlands for this year and the coming year will pay attention to various aspects of Status Holdership based on these 10 years of mutual bond with its status holders.

It goes without saying that we consider the developments of this file over the past 10 years. However, we find it more important to keep an eye on the future; after all, in the past decades more than 15,000 refugees have applied for asylum every year. What else can the Netherlands do for Newcomers? The activities should ensure that Newcomers get a new perspective on their future.

The development of the relationship between newcomer and the Netherlands offers the opportunity to share cultural wealth in each other's history and is also a precondition for continuing this history on a new basis and finding a way to achieve a harmonious multicultural society. In order for this project, which will promote the exchange between these two communities, to run successfully, it is crucial to establish, develop and maintain contacts among themselves and with the municipalities and their new inhabitants.

On the one hand, 10 Year Status Holdership aims to show how the past 10 years have gone and to remember and honor the most important events and success thereof. on the other hand, to name the failures and problems in order to achieve an improvement.

In 2022, Status Holders Netherlands will start many projects together with its partners. In the field of language, integration, education and entrepreneurship in collaboration with its partners. These projects will give an impulse to the relationship between newcomers and the Netherlands.