Why are there lots of Somalis from Holland/Denmark/Sweden moving to the UK

[Ahmed1]

Nearly every Somali I meet has either come from Holland, Sweden or Denmark even some of my own family members.
Why is this? By the looks of it Holland, Sweden and Denmark are all Beautiful countries but every Somali happens to run away from there?

 

[RoyalSomali]

Fordi de skide perkere har ødelagt det for alle i det her land

 

[Apollo]

Primarily because there are more Somalis in the UK.

But this trend has stopped around ~2010-2012. Now European Somalis barely move to the UK and just stay put in their countries.
Also, the Conservative government of Cameron made changes to benefits rules in recent years that makes it very unattractive to move from Sweden, Denmark etc to the UK as Scandinavian welfare is now substantially better than the UK ones.

 

[Ahmed1]

Primarily because there are more Somalis in the UK.

But this trend has stopped around ~2010-2012. Now European Somalis barely move to the UK and just stay put in their countries.
Also, the Conservative government of Cameron made changes to benefits rules in recent years that makes it very unattractive to move from Sweden, Denmark etc to the UK as Scandinavian welfare is now substantially better than the UK ones.

I had a friend from Holland who has moved to the UK years ago comment on how there is a high discrimination and a lack of opportunities in the Netherlands, and how the UK has given them more opportunities to study/work.

 

[Apollo]

I had a friend from Holland who has moved to the UK years ago comment on how there is a high discrimination and a lack of opportunities in the Netherlands, and how the UK has given them more opportunities to study/work.

Sounds like bullshit to me [what the guy said]. Calvinist/Lutheran countries in Europe are generally even more PC than the UK.

 

[Ahmed1]

Sounds like bullshit to me [what the guy said]. Calvinist/Lutheran countries in Europe are generally even more PC than the UK.

How do you know? do you live in one of those countries?

 

[Abdalla]

I think becausr there are more Somalis but also due to language barrier and more restrictions in opening business. As for studies, it is quite difficult to enter uni here, they have more vocational school. In UK you would go to uni to study nursing but here vocational schools offer that course and not universities, same goes for IT or lab technician etc.

 

[Daisy]

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But things are changing now so alot of them are expected to return back to holland.

 

[Apollo]

I think becausr there are more Somalis but also due to language barrier and more restrictions in opening business. As for studies, it is quite difficult to enter uni here, they have more vocational school. In UK you would go to uni to study nursing but here vocational schools offer that course and not universities, same goes for IT or lab technician etc.

Fachhochschulen/Hogescholen/Högskolan are essentially at the same level as mid-range universities in the UK. There is not much of a difference except in the naming of those places. People who graduate from those places quickly find good paying jobs. I don't think that's an excuse to migrate.

 

[Ahmed1]

Free housing
Benefit
Education
Business opportunities
More deen
Dugsi for kids


But things are changing now so alot of them are expected to return back to holland.

I suppose more will leave if the UK votes out in the European referendum