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Table 1 Description of sample on key nationality variables. The overall ICS descriptive results tended to identify greater variation between countries than between cities within the same country. For nationality acquisition, the apparent variation between cities has been addressed by Reichel and Morales 2017. Using Eurostat 2011 Census Hub of the European Statistical System, they identified an overrepresentation of naturalised ICS respondents in Brussels and, to a lesser extent, Budapest, and an underrepresentation in Antwerp, Liege and Paris

From: Naturalisation in context: how nationality laws and procedures shape immigrants’ interest and ability to acquire nationality in six European countries

 

N Acquired nationality

% of Total

N Total interested

% of Total non-applicants

N Total

Belgium

427

45%

221

68%

943

 Antwerp

95

32%

89

71%

295

 Brussels

216

57%

65

62%

377

 Liege

116

43%

67

69%

271

France

357

39%

361

83%

916

 Lyon

120

41%

114

79%

291

 Paris

237

38%

247

85%

625

Hungary (Budapest)

462

43%

262

58%

1075

Italy

59

7%

379

59%

809

 Milan

35

9%

195

64%

402

 Naples

24

6%

184

55%

407

Portugal

240

20%

675

86%

1185

 Faro

59

15%

223

84%

383

 Lisbon

86

20%

249

86%

432

 Setubal

95

26%

203

89%

370

Spain

357

38%

306

86%

937

 Barcelona

128

33%

127

85%

389

 Madrid

229

42%

179

86%

548

TOTAL

1902

32%

2204

74%

5865

  1. Source: Immigrant Citizens Survey (ICS)