The Chinese community was not very big, and it became much smaller shortly before the independence of Surinam in 1975. Many Chinese emigrated to Holland, where they were assured of a rather safe future.
蘇利南的華人圈子向來不大，一九七五年，蘇利南獨立，前前後後大批的華人懷著對未來的恐懼遷往荷蘭，於是華人圈更形萎縮。