EMIGRATION OF SINGAPOREANS
Parliament of Singapore · 21 July 2008
Official Report, 21 July 2008, Vol 84, Issue 16 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
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EMIGRATION OF SINGAPOREANS
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Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (a) how many Singapore citizens emigrated from Singapore in the last three years and which countries did they emigrate to; and (b) if available, what are their reasons for leaving Singapore.
Mr Wong Kan Seng: Persons who emigrate generally do not declare this to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) when they leave. The only available data which gives an indication of the number of emigrants from Singapore is the number of Singaporeans who have given up their citizenship and left Singapore.
Over the last three years, an average of about 1,000 Singapore citizens renounced their Citizenship each year. The reasons for renouncing Singapore Citizenship vary, ranging from marriage to foreigners, to yearning for a different environment.
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Most of the Singapore citizens who renounced their Citizenship took up new citizenship in countries in Southeast-Asia, the United States of America and Australia.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 21 July 2008. Republished on SGParliament.