The Netherlands has an unemployment rate roughly half the European Union average, but the fall in global trade as a result of the economic crisis in late 2000s has seen the rate rise.
While the Neet (not in employment, education or training) rate is less than half the EU average, unemployment among migrant young people is three times that of "native" Dutch peers.
The south of the city has the highest levels of migrant citizens and unemployment. In 2011, a 20-year programme launched to transform the prospects for South Rotterdam by improving the education and skills of children and young people.
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