The agricultural sector needs good good example to promote the housing of childbed migrants . Those examples are progressively usable and have been for some time . However , this sometimes requires looking beyond one ’s own municipal bound , says Dutch grower Geert - Jan van Tuyl in a talk show hosted Tuesday afternoon by the Employers ' ancestry for Agriculture and Horticulture . He explained how he decided a few years ago to take the municipal council of his municipality on a bus to visit good examples of living accommodations migrant workers in the yard of agricultural entrepreneurs .
claver North Brabant , the decision maker saw that it can be done , entrepreneur living accommodations migratory workers themselves . Fears of exploitation , because hold out and working become tat and the enterpriser supply both piece of work and housing , could be allayed by the visit to the municipality . Meanwhile , Kwekerij van Tuyl in Zaltbommel has had its own housing for 40 labor migrator for about four age .
antecedently , the agriculturist with six acres of glass for growing strawberries and razzing worked with employment government agency that set housing for employee , and the growers also rented caparison themselves . In conversation with the growers in the locality and after confab prescribed lesson , the municipality ’s " no " turned into a " yes . Since then , Geert - Jan says he has received mostly positive feedback , in part because the pressure on the lodging market in the municipality has decreased .
Thomas Zwiers of the VNG and growers Geert - Jan van Tuyl
Additional legislation shows urgencyIn the talk show , in addition to grower Geert - Jan , Eric Douma of LTO Nederland , Thomas Zwiers of the Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten ( VNG ) ( Association of Dutch Municipalities ) and Kees Pleijsier , process director for trapping labor migrant for municipality and realm , discussed the topic during the Day of Agricultural Housing .
The Roemer report , which contains recommendations for dealing better with childbed migrant , was discussed , as were certification for living accommodations ( SNF and AKF ) and what is still to come in terminus of policy . Clementine Vooren talked about this on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior , where she is pass of the Housing Attention Groups Department .
The Good Landlord Act has been in effect since July 1 , and there will also be a strengthen Public Housing Control Act . With this , the interior government aims to give municipalities motivating so that lodging , admit the housing of immigrant workers , is given even heavy precedency .
If " The Hague requires it , " then that aid , or so the thinking goes , although it also helps if industry tie-up and entrepreneurs themselves prioritize the matter . With the first variant of the Day of Agricultural Housing , they are demonstrate this . " We are put the field of study in the spotlight , " Eric say .
Good examplesWith several working visit to lodging emplacement this year , they already did just that . Most latterly on Monday at Drenthe Growers . The taradiddle of grower Stijn Kavelaar was also added in a video during the lecture show . He is a fruit agriculturist in North Brabant and was the first in his municipality , Moerdijk , to have living accommodations on his own holding . " You definitely make back the investment in good housing , " he states , although he emphasizes that it does not have to become a revenue model . Also significant : exhibit what happens at his ship’s company . " It ’s not a secret . "
When many companies were being shew , for a long prison term attention was paid to the realization of parking space , but not to the housing of employees , often migrant workers . That is change though , Kees see . farming enterpriser have solution to the pressing on the housing market , for example , allow they are provide to house on their own attribute .
Inge Bergsma - De Vries during theworking visitas part of the Day of Agricultural Housing to Drenthe Growers .
CertificationsThey can also certify that housing . presently with two labels . One question was how far along it is with a merger of both SNF and AKF . Eric excuse how they are working severely to align the certification .
One challenge is the seasonal labor constituent . Roemer tie the condition seasonal work to the geological period of 4 month , while in praxis it is more often 7 months . For AKF it is a requirement that employee are in their own employment . Not so with SNF . For AKF , maintaining good use practices is an important issue , enunciate Eric , who is also president of AKF . Joining Geert - Jan at the talk show table was an entrepreneur who chose the AKF seal of approval .
That there are currently two certifications , by the way , is not a job , consort to Eric . A bigger problem as far as he is interested is the large amount of trapping locations without credentials . Despite all the skilful examples , there is always way for improvement in tone . Customization is a frequently remark conception here , as was unmistakable during the working visit to Drenthe Growers .
Grower Stijn Kavelaar showed in a video during the talk of the town show how he has realized his own housing .
No migrant workers ? UtopiaA final topic was the election answer . Will labor migration comeunder pressure ? All talk show participant agreed that labor migrant are very important for the Netherlands . run without childbed migrants is , in Eric ’s word , " a utopia . Although that does not take away from the fact that it is also near to look at robotization , among other thing , Thomas think . " There is not an multitudinous source of labor migrator . " But the migratory proletarian who total , should be nurtured with upright housing as well .
you could see the entire talk of the town show here ( NL ) .
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