Moroccans Lead in European Citizenship Acquisitions, Eurostat Reports

16 March 2021 – byPrince@Bladi · 1 min read

In 2019, Moroccans were the most numerous to acquire European citizenship. Out of around 706,400 people, there are 66,800 Moroccans who have obtained the citizenship of a Member State of the European Union (EU). They are followed by Albanians (41,700) and the British (29,800).

According to Eurostat data, 84% of Moroccans became Spanish, Italian or French citizens in 2019. As for the British, 75% obtained German, Swedish or French nationality. Regarding Syrians, 69% acquired Swedish nationality and 57% of the 28,600 Turks acquired German nationality. Similarly, 60% of the 26,600 Romanians obtained Italian or German nationality.

Among the 23,500 Brazilians, 73% acquired Italian or Portuguese nationality, while 59% of Ukrainians became German, Polish or Italian citizens. Of the 18,000 Algerians, 82% became French citizens and 31% of the 16,400 Russians obtained German citizenship.

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