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*In the 2001 census, there were 58,657 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality, up from negligibly few in 1960. | *In the 2001 census, there were 58,657 inhabitants with Portuguese nationality, up from negligibly few in 1960. | ||
*From 1875 onwards, Luxembourg's economy relied upon the immigration of cheap labour to work in the country's steel mills and to counter the natural demographic decline of the native Luxembourgish population. | *From 1875 onwards, Luxembourg's economy relied upon the immigration of cheap labour to work in the country's steel mills and to counter the natural demographic decline of the native Luxembourgish population. | ||
*The mid-1960s saw the arrival of the first '''Portuguese guest workers (including | *The mid-1960s saw the arrival of the first '''Portuguese guest workers (including Cabo Verdeans, who also had Portuguese citizenship)'''. At the time '''deteriorating conditions in Portugal's colonies''' put pressure on many young Portuguese people to emigrate. | ||
*The two countries signed a treaty in Lisbon in 1970 to allow family unification.<ref>"Portuguese Luxembourger", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Luxembourger, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref> | *The two countries signed a treaty in Lisbon in 1970 to allow family unification.<ref>"Portuguese Luxembourger", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Luxembourger, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref> | ||
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