{"id":135771,"date":"2022-02-09T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=135771"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:06","slug":"urgent-plea-give-international-students-a-helping-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/02\/09\/urgent-plea-give-international-students-a-helping-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent plea: give international students a helping hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International students are in difficulties caused by strict rules, the coronavirus crisis and loneliness, the Dutch Student Union and the Dutch National Students&#8217; Association have warned. Why, for example, do European students have to work at least 56 hours per month?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/08135928\/Banenmarkt-internationale-studenten-groot-Illustratie-Elzeline-Kooij-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139273 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/elzeline-kooy\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Elzeline Kooy<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>\u201cInternational students bring knowledge, experience and culture to the Netherlands, but in return they get loneliness, a high workload and a lack of help\u201d, says Lisanne de Roos of the Dutch National Students\u2019 Association ISO.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/31165940\/2016_IMG_0008_Chris-Gorzeman_Chris-Gorzeman-1-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139199 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/02\/08\/universities-continue-to-grow-due-to-international-students-for-eur-a-possible-financial-problem\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversities continue to grow due to international students: for EUR a possible financial problem\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2022-02-08\">8 February 2022<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEducation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">56 hours<\/h2><p>ISO and the Dutch Student Union LSVb point to the rule that European students have to work at least 56 hours per month \u2013 almost two days per week \u2013 to qualify for a student grant. \u201cFor many students that is impossible alongside full-time studies\u201d, says Ama Boahene of LSVb. \u201cAs a result, they can neither get a loan nor earn enough to meet their living expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two interest groups have made an appeal to politicians, two days before the House of Representatives debates internationalisation. Reduce the requirement to 32 hours per month, they ask, or one day per week.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the coronavirus crisis European students did not always have to meet the 56-hour requirement. The lockdowns sometimes made it impossible to work sufficiently. In the last two months the rules were <a href=\"https:\/\/duo.nl\/particulier\/corona\/versoepeling-56-uurseis-studenten-eueer-zwitserland-en-vk.jsp\">more relaxed<\/a>, but since February that is no longer the case.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loneliness<\/h2><p>LSVb and ISO also refer to the loneliness felt by many international students. They in particular have had a hard time during the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged from a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkskrant.nl\/nieuws-achtergrond\/een-vale-huid-en-afwezige-oogjes-de-internationale-student-lijdt-onder-de-pandemie~b5dc0b91\/\">survey<\/a> by Nuffic among a thousand international students that almost 70 percent sometimes felt lonely, to a greater or lesser degree. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/10\/researcher-alex-huang-the-corporate-world-is-often-better-for-queer-people-of-colour-than-this-university\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tResearcher Alex Huang: The corporate world is often better for queer people of colour than this university\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-10\">10 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/queer-poc_intersectional-identities_AmiRinn_2026-1-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781092705\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/queer-poc_intersectional-identities_AmiRinn_2026-1-460x460.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781092705 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/queer-poc_intersectional-identities_AmiRinn_2026-1-115x115.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781092705 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/queer-poc_intersectional-identities_AmiRinn_2026-1-230x230.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1781092705 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a 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