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Expats in Brussels - 31.08.2009
Expats in Brussels: "a separate community"
How are Brussels expats perceived in the Belgian capital? Who are they? A new study from the academic journal Brussels Studies published on 31 August addresses these issues.
Brussels is a multicultural and cosmopolitan city with around 70 languages spoken. Its population is one million inhabitants, over half of them is estimated of foreign origin. High-skilled expats working for the European institutions and related entities such as national and regional representations, NGOs, consultancies and other civil society organisations number around 100,000, which represents 10% of the city's population.
According to Brussels Studies, these expats are usually ...
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