1. Introduction
Following the expansion of the European Union in 2004 and 2007 entailing the addition of the so-called CEE and CEE-plus countries,1 the number of people from these countries working in the Nether- lands, and similarly elsewhere in Europe, has grown considerably.
It is, therefore, not surprising that the number of accidents with these new migrant workers has increased accordingly.
It will first become a matter of serious concern, however, when the number of accidents or other anecdotal material relating to migrants actually increases dis- proportionately.
These days, rather frequently disturbing items ap- pear in the media of drunken (Polish) truck drivers or miserably housed migrant workers.
Such stories have resulted in questions being posed in the Dutch Parliament, especially when disconcerting peaks also start to appear in the annual figures (in absolute numbers) that the Dutch Labour Inspectorate produces.
Such concerns provide the background to the research reported in this paper.