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The unemployment rate among Dutch people with an ethnic minority background is more than triple that of the white Dutch, according to a new report by the government's socio-cultural think tank SCP.

Hardest hit are youngsters of Moroccan origin who left school without any qualifications - more than half of them are without a job.

People with a minority background are more likely to be out of work than the native Dutch even if they have the same qualifications, the SCP report shows. This is probably due to preconceptions on the part of employers, the SCP says.

Qualifications

For example, 20% of 'non-western' youngsters with a trade school qualification are out of work, compared with 5% of the white Dutch. Two-thirds of those with a job are on a flexible contact.

People who moved to the Netherlands as refugees are most likely to live on welfare benefits (bijstand). Half of Somali refugees, for example, claim welfare.

One in seven adults and one in four children with a 'non-western' background live in poverty, the report says.

The report will be presented to social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher later on Tuesday. The figures were leaked on Monday evening by the anti-immigration PVV.