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Turkish Bulgarians fastest-growing group of immigrants in The Netherlands

Tue, Jul 21 2009 11:18 CET

byRene Beekman

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Turkish Bulgarians fastest-growing group of immigrants in The Netherlands

Demy de Zeeuw of the Netherlands, right, fights for the ball with Dimitar Telkiyski of Bulgaria during their Euro 2008 Group G qualifying soccer match at the Arena stadium in Amsterdam, September 8 2007.

Turkish Bulgarians fastest-growing group of immigrants in The Netherlands

A Muslim woman walks with her donkey on a street in the village of Lazhnitsa, in the Rhodope Mountains, about 250km south of Sofia, December 3 2006.

The fastest growing group of immigrants in The Netherlands were Bulgarians, most of whom were of ethnic Turks, Dutch daily De Telegraaf said.

While Bulgarians can freely live in The Netherlands, they need a work permit if they would decide to accept a job. Those work permits are often hard to get, and so many find illegal work through "shady intermediaries," De Telegraaf said.

Estimates of the number of Bulgarians in The Netherlands were said to range from 10 000 to 30 000.

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Anonymous dan Tue, Jun 07 2011 14:02 CET
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altogether there is about 500,000 Turks in the netherlands and they all have big families! what will happen to the dutch in 20 years time?

Anonymous Valeri Tue, Jul 21 2009 23:32 CET
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I am telling you!
Pretty soon we in BG will have to introduce visas for the Dutch!
Holland is a magnet for Muslims, and eventually, we'll need to look into this no visa deal...;)

Anonymous Cosmos Tue, Jul 21 2009 22:35 CET
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Must have run out of room in the UK.


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