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 === Emigration from the Netherlands  ===
+*Emigration from the Netherlands has been occurring for at least four hundred years, and may be traced back to the international presence of the Dutch Empire and its monopoly on mercantile shipping in many parts of the world. Dutch people settled permanently in a number of former Dutch colonies or trading enclaves abroad, namely the '''Dutch Caribbean, the Dutch Cape Colony, the Dutch East Indies, Surinam, and New Netherland'''.
-Significant numbers of Dutch emigrants can be found on every continent and in many countries around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people left the Netherlands in several waves of migration. Most emigrants left during the following periods:
+*Since the end of the Second World War, the largest proportion of Dutch emigrants have moved to Anglophone countries, namely '''Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States''', mainly seeking better employment opportunities. Postwar emigration from the Netherlands peaked between 1948–63, with occasional spikes in the 1980s and the mid-2000s.
+*Cross-border migration to Belgium and Germany has become more common since 2001, driven by the rising cost of housing in major Dutch cities.<ref name=diaspora">"Dutch diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_diaspora, accessed 22 April 2021.</ref>
-'''1614 to 1820.''' Emigrants left the Netherlands and migrated to North America, South America, Africa, India, Indonesia, and the West Indies. This included the [[New Netherland|New Netherland]] Colony which claimed the shore from Cape Cod to Virginia in North America. This colony&nbsp;lasted from 1614 to 1664 when it was taken over by the English at the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
-'''1820 to 1940.''' More than 250,000 emigrants left the Netherlands and migrated to North America, Indonesia, Africa, and the West Indies. Many of these emigrants were from the provinces of Friesland and Gelderland. Most settled in Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
-'''1940 to 1970.''' Thousands of people left after World War II and settled in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.
 ===Notarial Records===