Thursday, September 28, 2006

Only One In 20 Turkish, Moroccan Girls Marry Dutchmen

"Only One In 20 Turkish, Moroccan Girls Marry Dutchmen


THE HAGUE, 29/09/06 - Less than 20 percent of non-Western immigrants born in the Netherlands marry a white Dutch partner. Turks and Moroccans in particular almost exclusively marry compatriots, research by the justice ministry and the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) revealed yesterday.

Among the non-Westerners living in the Netherlands that married in 2002, only 14.6 percent of the men and 22.9 percent of the women married a white Dutch partner. Among Turkish and Moroccan girls and women born in the Netherlands, only 4.7 and 6.5 percent respectively married a white Dutch partner. Among Turkish and Moroccan boys and men of Dutch birth, the comparable figures are 4.9 and 13.5 percent respectively."

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