Record number of naturalisations of Britons

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Record number of naturalisations of Britons

In July 2019, 272 Britons have acquired the Belgian nationality, i.e. about a hundred more than in the previous month, which was already a record. Over the first 7 months of the year, 1,045 Britons have become Belgian, i.e. 88 % more than in the first 7 months of 2018. Since June 2016 and the Brexit announcement, the number of Britons having acquired the Belgian nationality has reached 3,902. This is three times more than for the 10 years preceding the referendum altogether (from June 2006 to the end of May 2016 - 1,205 cases).

In total, in July 2019, 3,931 persons have acquired the Belgian nationality. The main countries of origin of naturalised Belgians in July are Morocco, the United Kingdom, Romania, Italy and Poland.

These figures come from the provisional monthly results of the statistics on changes of nationality calculated based on Demobel, Statbel’s demographic database.