Arrival Infrastructures by Bruno Meeus Karel Arnaut & Bas van Heur

Author:Bruno Meeus, Karel Arnaut & Bas van Heur
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

There is a high turnover of businesses in Antwerpen-Noord and many struggle to survive (see also Saeys et al. 2016). Damir further revealed that the strict law enforcement in Antwerpen-Noord means it is harder for local entrepreneurs to make their business profitable by disregarding planning requirements, maximum working hours and minimum wage regulations, employing people without work permits, or counting on a supply of unremunerated labor. This also means that the local context plays a crucial role for the variations in economic relations and success. One civil servant in the city of Antwerp acknowledged the problem and stressed the importance of flexible regulations (without necessarily supporting the law infringements just mentioned):We should support the retail trade unequivocally. If it is Ramadan, sorry, but we should allow them to stay open until 10 pm … It is shameful how difficult we make it for people to do business, knowing that they [immigrants] cannot gain access to our labor market. (13 September 2013)

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