Non-western foreign background

Non-western foreign background

A person who was born, or whose parent(s) were born, in Africa, Latin America, Asia (excl. Indonesia and Japan) or Turkey. On the grounds of their socio-economic and socio-cultural position, people who were born, or whose parent(s) were born, in Indonesia and Japan are considered as people with a western foreign background. These are mostly people born in the former Dutch East Indies and employees of Japanese companies and their families.