Migranten in Nederland, 1948-2000. Een kwantitatieve analyse van sekseverschillen
Corrie van Eijl
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Migrants in the Netherlands 1948-2000. A quantitative analysis of sex differences
‘Feminization of migration’ is a popular term to indicate changes in patterns of migration in the past decades. There are few definitions of the term, and those who have tried to define it do not agree on the precise meaning. More important, empirical data to sustain the definitions are scarce. Despite these shortcomings the concept is widely used in migration studies and reports. This article gives a detailed analysis of Dutch migration statistics. It demonstrates when and how migration patterns changed in the postwar period and relates changes in percentages of women and men to different forms of migration (labour, family, and refugee migration). These empirical data lead to a critique of the concept of ‘feminization of migration’.

Het belang van Jodenregistratie voor de vernietiging van joden tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Peter Tammes
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The impact of registration on the persecution of Jews during the second World War
Many historians are of the opinion that registration was an essential step in the persecution of Jews during the second World War. One of the most cited examples is the Netherlands. In this study, we test the hypotheses that registration was 1) an essential step or 2) a useful aid in the persecution of Jews. This is done by comparing the registration of Jews and the percentages of Jewish victims in 21 countries or areas occupied by or collaborating with the Nazis. The same is done for all Dutch municipalities. These comparisons show that registration by itself had no significant effect on the efficacy of persecution of the Jews at that time.

Het Paard van Troje. Het verlenen van asiel door Nederland in de periode 1945-1955
Tycho Walaardt
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The Trojan Horse. Outsider and insider influence on obtaining asylum in the Netherlands in the first decade after the Second World War
Writers frequently refer to the generous asylum policies of West European countries in the Cold War. It almost seems to be a mantra. Getting asylum was not so difficult, it is believed – especially compared to contemporary practice – mainly because these migrants were ‘the enemies of our enemy’. While a few writers stressed the restrictive tendencies of receiving states in the period 1945- 1955, most hardly paid any attention to factors that influenced the eligibility assessments of individual applicants. In this article individual case files are analysed to do precisely that. The various people involved in the asylum procedure – civil servants of various ministries, the media, and concerned citizens – used a wide range of different arguments. This article shows how actors tried to get around the restrictive Dutch migration policy.