1 , ▁the ▁courses , ▁which ▁can ▁cost ▁several ▁thousand ▁eu ros , ▁may ▁be ▁subs id ized ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁in ▁certain ▁circumstances . ▁However , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁these ▁resources ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁limited . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁country ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁impos es ▁integration ▁and ▁language ▁requirements ▁on ▁persons ▁still ▁living ▁abroad . ▁ ▁Many ▁news ▁organizations , ▁both ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁have ▁critic ized ▁the ▁exam ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁only ▁further ▁supports ▁negative , ▁x en oph ob ic ▁att itudes ▁towards ▁imm igr ants ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁test ' s ▁K ennis ▁van ▁de ▁Nederlandse ▁Sam en le ving ▁( “ K now ledge ▁of ▁Dutch ▁Society ” ) ▁section , ▁which ▁tests ▁an ▁imm igr ant ' s ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Dutch ▁society , ▁has ▁been ▁widely ▁critic ized ▁for ▁its ▁b izar re , ▁patron izing ▁and ▁even ▁in ane ▁questions . ▁One ▁example ▁includes , ▁" What ▁would ▁you ▁do ▁if ▁you ▁saw ▁two ▁men ▁kiss ing ▁on ▁the ▁street ?" ▁Several ▁Dutch ▁news ▁organizations ▁have ▁a ired ▁segments ▁or ▁run ▁stories ▁where ▁they ▁ask ▁life - long ▁Dutch ▁residents ▁to ▁take ▁this ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁exam ▁themselves . ▁Most ▁fail ▁it , ▁further ▁prov ing ▁its ▁in ability ▁to ▁properly ▁represent ▁Dutch ▁society . ▁ ▁This ▁law ▁originally ▁proposed ▁oblig ations ▁for ▁Dutch ▁national s ▁from ▁( Ar uba ▁and