TheGreek community inBelgium numbers around 25,000[1] to 35,000 people.[2]
Although Greeks were already living in Belgium before 1956, most migration fromGreece to Belgium happened between 1956 and 1964. An estimated 20,000 Greeks were then attracted asguest workers for the mining industry. They ended up mainly in the city ofMons or the mining region in the province ofLimburg. Gradually, they also migrated toBrussels, where, among other things, a Greek community settled aroundBrussels-North railway station.[3]
Since theFinancial crisis of 2007–2008, which hit Greece hard on the socio-economic front, an increasing number of Greeks started migrating for work to Belgium.[4]
| Old Greek Diaspora | |
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| New Greek Diaspora | |
| Traditional areas of Greek settlement | |
| Europe | |
| Caucasus | |
| Central Asia | |
| Middle East | |
| Africa | |
| Latin America | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
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