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At the beginning of 2012, people of foreign background and their descendants were estimated to have formed around 25% of the total population i.e. 2.8 million ''new Belgians''.<ref name="npdata.be">[http://www.npdata.be/BuG/155-Vreemde-afkomst/Vreemde-afkomst.htm BuG 155 – Bericht uit het Gewisse – 01 januari 2012]. npdata.be (1 January 2012).</ref> Of these new Belgians, 1,200,000 are of European ancestry and 1,350,000<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.npdata.be/BuG/159-Verkiezingen-2012/Verkiezingen-2012.htm BuG 159 – Bericht uit het Gewisse – 7 mei 2012]. npdata.be (7 May 2012).</ref> are from non-Western countries (most of them from [[Morocco]], [[Turkey]], [[Algeria]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]). Since the modification of the [[Belgian nationality law]] in 1984 more than [[Demographics of Belgium|1.3 million migrants have acquired Belgian citizenship]]. The largest group of immigrants and their descendants in Belgium are [[Moroccan people|Moroccans]], with more than 450,000<ref name="npdata.be"/> people. The [[Turkish people|Turks]] are the third largest group, and the second largest Muslim ethnic group, numbering 220,000.<ref name="npdata.be"/><ref name="hbvl.be">[http://www.hbvl.be/Archief/guid/voor-het-eerst-meer-marokkaanse-dan-italiaanse-migranten.aspx?artikel=e2214650-9013-4207-8139-68ab46554b87 Voor het eerst meer Marokkaanse dan Italiaanse migranten]. hbvl.be. {{Nowrap|21 May}} 2007</ref> 89.2% of inhabitants of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] origin have been naturalized, as have 88.4% of people of Moroccan background, 75.4% of Italians, 56.2% of the French and 47.8% of Dutch people.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |
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At the beginning of 2012, people of foreign background and their descendants were estimated to have formed around 25% of the total population i.e. 2.8 million ''new Belgians''.<ref name="npdata.be">[http://www.npdata.be/BuG/155-Vreemde-afkomst/Vreemde-afkomst.htm BuG 155 – Bericht uit het Gewisse – 01 januari 2012]. npdata.be (1 January 2012).</ref> Of these new Belgians, 1,200,000 are of European ancestry and 1,350,000<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.npdata.be/BuG/159-Verkiezingen-2012/Verkiezingen-2012.htm BuG 159 – Bericht uit het Gewisse – 7 mei 2012]. npdata.be (7 May 2012).</ref> are from non-Western countries (most of them from [[Morocco]], [[Turkey]], [[Algeria]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]). Since the modification of the [[Belgian nationality law]] in 1984 more than [[Demographics of Belgium|1.3 million migrants have acquired Belgian citizenship]]. The largest group of immigrants and their descendants in Belgium are [[Moroccan people|Moroccans]], with more than 450,000<ref name="npdata.be"/> people. The [[Turkish people|Turks]] are the third largest group, and the second largest Muslim ethnic group, numbering 220,000.<ref name="npdata.be"/><ref name="hbvl.be">[http://www.hbvl.be/Archief/guid/voor-het-eerst-meer-marokkaanse-dan-italiaanse-migranten.aspx?artikel=e2214650-9013-4207-8139-68ab46554b87 Voor het eerst meer Marokkaanse dan Italiaanse migranten]. hbvl.be. {{Nowrap|21 May}} 2007</ref> 89.2% of inhabitants of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] origin have been naturalized, as have 88.4% of people of Moroccan background, 75.4% of Italians, 56.2% of the French and 47.8% of Dutch people.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |