UK Expats Facing Retirement Blindspot Over Unclaimed EU Pension Pots

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Workers with multi-country EU employment history cannot easily track total pension savings.

Roughly 700,000 people receive reduced Dutch AOW state pensions due to living abroad.

An EU tracking platform exists but the Netherlands will not join until 2028 at the earliest.

Strict privacy rules prevent pension funds from tracing thousands of unclaimed accounts.

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