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Most Dutch find apologies for slavery past unnecessary

A majority of Netherlands residents do not consider it necessary for the country to apologize for the slavery in its past, according to a survey conducted by I&O Research for newspaper Trouw.

56 percent of respondents said that the Netherlands played a serious role in the history of slavery. But 55 percent don't think that this has to lead to apologies. 31 percent think the Netherlands should apologize.

Netherlands residents with no migration in their family history are more likely to think that the country need not apologize for its slavery past. 62 percent said it was not necessary to make apologies. Among Surinamese or Antilleans, 70 percent think the Netherlands needs to apologize. As do two thirds of Turks and Moroccans.


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