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The rate of unemployment in the Netherlands exceeded official forecasts to reach 8.1 per cent of the active labour force in March. With 643,000 people out of work, it is now at a record 30-year high.
The figures have emerged from the latest survey by Statistics Netherlands, whose spokesperson described the rapid worsening of the country’s situation as “frightening”.
The number of people out of work has doubled every year since the onset of the economic crisis, with the 25-45 age group and certain sectors like construction and retailing being hit particularly hard. The daily notes that unemployment is expected to continue rising in 2014.
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