An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence. The word comes from the Latin term expatriātus from ex ("out of") and patriā the ablative case of patria ("country, fatherland").
With my blogs I have tried to give you an impression about international The Hague. The many international organization of the United Nations, the European Union, the commercial companies and the Corps Diplomatique. For a city (municipality) like The Hague these international residents are important because they are over 10% of there residents! They calculated about 35.000 expats living in The Hague and about 50.000 expats in the greater The Hague area.
What is The Hague doing about it?
The Hague started their Xpat desk already in March 2006, as part of the Hague Hospitality Centre. It was the first Xpat Desk in the Netherlands. In the beginning they focused on international media but fast they became more involved in serving the international community. In 2011 you find about 12 expat desks al over The Netherlands. Any city with industry, hospitals, universities have an Xpat desk today.
An Xpat desk is serving the international community. The Xpat Desk of The Hague is situated in the atrium of the City Hall. For 40 hours a week people are helping expats with all sort of question about their relocation and settling. They revieve questions from people before arrival, at entrance and during their stay. Even when people leave the city or country.Amazing fact; all service is for free! Their municipal website www.thehague.com is completly in English.
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