Moroccans Lead in EU Citizenship Acquisitions, Eurostat Reports

Out of 827,000, there are 86,200 Moroccans who have obtained the citizenship of a Member State of the European Union (EU), i.e. more than 10% of all nationalities granted in the EU. 71% of them have acquired Spanish or French nationality. Moroccans are followed by Syrians (83,500 of whom 70% have acquired Swedish or Dutch nationality). Then come Albanians (32,300 people, of whom 70% have acquired Italian nationality), Romanians (28,600 of whom 33% have acquired Italian nationality) and Turks (25,700 of whom 48% have acquired German nationality).

Brazilians come in sixth place with 20,400 people, 65% of whom have acquired nationality in Portugal or Italy. They are followed by Algerians (19,300 people, 80% of whom have acquired French nationality). Russians (17,300 of whom 45% have acquired German and French nationality) and Pakistanis (16,600 of whom 62% have acquired Spanish and Italian nationality) complete the top 10.