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Flemish Turks and Moroccans have poor Dutch, according to a new book by professor Johan Ackaert (Hasselt University) about the integration of immigrants. 25% of Flemish Turks and 20% of Moroccans either don't or barely understand written Dutch. Half the Turks and a third of the Moroccans only speak Dutch now and then. 15% of the Turks and 10% of the Moroccans never do.
Researchers Kris Vancluysen and Maarten Van Craen interviewed 618 Moroccans and Turks from Antwerp, Genk and Ghent about how well they knew Dutch. Moroccans scored better than Turks, but their language skills are not really successful. The most telling response: Just 53% of Moroccans could be interviewed in Dutch, and 21% of Turks. A previous study by the King Baudouin Foundation found that just 21% of Moroccans in Flanders knew Dutch well, compared with 56% who spoke fluent French.