More citizenship registrations of children born to S'poreans overseas

More Singaporean parents living abroad are registering their children as citizens.

There were 1,600 children, born overseas to at least one Singaporean parent, who were registered as citizens last year.

They made up 8 per cent of the 20,815 total citizenships registered last year.

This is up from the 1,200 such children registered each year from 2006 to 2010, and the 1,400 registered each year from 2011 to 2015.