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Do Asians live in Netherlands?
Background. According to figures from Statistics Netherlands from 2019, 969,980 people in the Netherlands have an Asian migration background. In addition, 217,767 expats from Asia also live in the Netherlands.
Where do Dutch people immigrate to?
The most popular destination countries of Dutch emigrants have been the same for years: Belgium and Germany head the list, followed by Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Other popular destination countries are France, Australia and Turkey.
How many Asians are in the Netherlands?
The number of Chinese nationals residing in the Netherlands surged from 7.5 thousand in 2000 to 36.5 thousand in 2019. It should be noted, however, that there is an even larger group of people with a Chinese migration background: as of 2019, altogether 54.2 thousand residents were originally born in China.
What do Dutch people think about the origin of East Asians?
Many Dutch people can’t distinguish between the origin of various (East) Asian people. And sometimes it’s hard. A Japanese restaurant we sometimes visit is owned and operated by Chinese people. Another Japanese restaurant is again owned by Chinese people, their chefs are Japanese and their waiters are Chinese.
Where do most migrants from Asia live?
Of the 114.9 million migrants from Asia worldwide in mid-2020, 60 percent resided in other Asian countries. About 20 percent resided in Europe and another 15 percent in Northern America, according estimates from the United Nations Population Division.
Where do Asian immigrants come from in the US?
Asian migration to the United States, especially from South Eastern and Eastern Asia, grew rapidly between 1960 and 2019 (see Figure 2). The number of immigrants from South Central Asia also rose sharply since 2000, partly due to the inclusion of former Soviet Union countries (e.g., Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) previously classified as Europe.
Is there a large Chinese community in the Netherlands?
There is a large Chinese community in the Netherlands who have specialized in various restaurants. Chinese food is quite popular here and many Chinese Restaurants will hire people from China to work here and do the cooking.