Assyrians In The Netherlands
The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac-Dutch (Dutch: Assyrische/Syrischen-Nederlanders) are citizens of The Netherlands of Assyrian ancestry. They mainly live in the east of the country, in the province of Overijssel, in such cities as Enschede, Hengelo, Almelo and Borne. The main reason that the Assyrians are concentrated there is because it is an industrial area which lies at the border with Germany, where a large German Assyrian population resides (many Assyrians in the Netherlands have relatives on the West coast of Germany.)
The Assyrians have integrated well into the Dutch culture, and thus do not attract negative press coverage like other immigrant groups. While the Netherlands does not take an ethnic census, the number of Assyrians is estimated to be between the 25,000 and 35,000. Assyrians in the Netherlands have their own monastery in Europe, which lies in the city Glanerbrug near the German border.
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