Theo Veenkamp

Theo Veenkamp was head of the Netherlands Agency for the Reception of AsylumSeekers and head of strategy at the Dutch ministry of justice.

People flow: migration and Europe

The existing European approach to migration does not match reality or recognise the evolving complexity of human mobility. In our People Flow pamphlet of 2003, openDemocracy and Demos proposed a model that does.

By Tom Bentley, Theo Veenkamp and Alessandra Buonfino

/ 4 Oct 2015

Dutch sign on Europe's wall

The most remarkable thing about the Dutch vote on the European constitution is not the actual result of the referendum – a decisive vote of 61.6% against the treaty and

By Theo Veenkamp

/ 1 Jun 2005

After tolerance

The assassination in Amsterdam of the filmmaker Theo van Gogh on 2 November 2004 most probably by an Islamist radical has had a paradoxical effect in the Netherlands. It has

By Theo Veenkamp

/ 24 Nov 2004

People Flow: onwards and upwards

Read Theo Veenkamps call for pragmatism, firmness, and imagination in European migration policy as he responds to contributors to the People Flow debate on openDemocracy The multiple migration flow

By Theo Veenkamp

/ 12 Aug 2003

People Flow: taking stock of the first round

The innovative thought experiment about how best to manage 21st century European migration has provoked a rich, diverse debate in openDemocracy. Here, People Flow author Theo Veenkamp reviews the debate

By Theo Veenkamp

/ 12 Aug 2003

People Flow: Migration and Europe

Does migration erode or enhance national culture? This question is highly sensitive in many European countries. The problem with the existing European approach to migration is that official distinctions between

By Tom Bentley, Theo Veenkamp and Alessandra Buonfino

/ 30 Apr 2003