One million have dual nationality

Despite laws requiring people who become Dutch to reject their original nationality, around one million Dutch citizens have dual nationality, according to the national statistics office CBS. Of those, just under 50% are of Turkish or Moroccan origin. Roughly 21,000 people became naturalised last year.

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