In The Netherlands
Approximately 350,000 individuals of Surinamese descent live in the Netherlands, having variably arrived following Surinames independence in 1975, after the military coup of 1980, or after the December murders on 1982. Surinamers continued to migrate to the Netherlands throughout the 1990s because of the then poor economic situation in Suriname. Most Surinamese people in the Netherlands have a Dutch passport and the majority of which have been successfully integrated into Dutch society.
During the colonial era there was frequent migration between the Netherlands and Dutch Guiana. Initially this was mainly the colonial elite but expanded during the 1920s and 30s to the less fortunate inhabitants looking for better education, employment, or other opportunity.
6% of Netherlanders of Chinese descent can trace their ancestry through Suriname. Most of them are Hakka people.
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