Asylum requests for the Netherlands; by country of citizenship, 2007-2011
| Country of citizenship | Asylum requests | Periods | Asylum requests by sex Total men and women (number) | Asylum requests by sex Men (number) | Asylum requests by sex Women (number) | Asylum requests by age All ages (number) | Asylum requests by age Younger than 15 years (number) | Asylum requests by age 15 to 17 years (number) | Asylum requests by age 18 years or older (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total countries of citizenship | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 14,630 | 9,300 | 5,330 | 14,630 | 3,100 | 990 | 10,540 |
| Total countries of citizenship | First asylum requests | 2011 | 11,590 | 7,090 | 4,490 | 11,590 | 2,680 | 890 | 8,020 |
| Total countries of citizenship | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 3,040 | 2,200 | 840 | 3,040 | 420 | 100 | 2,530 |
| Africa total | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 4,310 | 2,680 | 1,630 | 4,310 | 740 | 260 | 3,310 |
| Africa total | First asylum requests | 2011 | 3,390 | 2,010 | 1,380 | 3,390 | 700 | 240 | 2,450 |
| Africa total | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 920 | 670 | 250 | 920 | 50 | 20 | 860 |
| America total | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 80 | 60 | 30 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 70 |
| America total | First asylum requests | 2011 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 70 |
| America total | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Asia total | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 7,010 | 4,600 | 2,410 | 7,010 | 1,190 | 590 | 5,220 |
| Asia total | First asylum requests | 2011 | 5,430 | 3,390 | 2,040 | 5,430 | 1,030 | 540 | 3,860 |
| Asia total | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 1,580 | 1,210 | 370 | 1,580 | 160 | 50 | 1,370 |
| Europe total | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 2,420 | 1,510 | 910 | 2,420 | 570 | 120 | 1,740 |
| Europe total | First asylum requests | 2011 | 2,080 | 1,310 | 770 | 2,080 | 500 | 100 | 1,490 |
| Europe total | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 340 | 200 | 130 | 340 | 70 | 20 | 250 |
| Oceania | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Oceania | First asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Oceania | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Afghanistan | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 2,390 | 1,600 | 790 | 2,390 | 550 | 410 | 1,430 |
| Afghanistan | First asylum requests | 2011 | 1,890 | 1,200 | 680 | 1,890 | 490 | 370 | 1,020 |
| Afghanistan | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 510 | 400 | 110 | 510 | 60 | 40 | 410 |
| Algeria | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | - | 0 | 20 |
| Algeria | First asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - | 0 | 10 |
| Algeria | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Angola | First asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Angola | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Armenia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 580 | 320 | 260 | 580 | 130 | 30 | 430 |
| Armenia | First asylum requests | 2011 | 470 | 260 | 210 | 470 | 100 | 20 | 350 |
| Armenia | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 110 | 60 | 50 | 110 | 20 | 10 | 80 |
| Azerbaijan | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 150 | 80 | 70 | 150 | 30 | 10 | 110 |
| Azerbaijan | First asylum requests | 2011 | 120 | 60 | 60 | 120 | 30 | 0 | 90 |
| Azerbaijan | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Belarus | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 270 | 230 | 40 | 270 | 0 | 30 | 240 |
| Belarus | First asylum requests | 2011 | 260 | 220 | 40 | 260 | 0 | 30 | 230 |
| Belarus | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | 0 | 10 |
| Burundi | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 0 | - | 30 |
| Burundi | First asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burundi | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | - | - | 30 |
| Cameroon | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Cameroon | First asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 0 | 10 |
| Cameroon | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 10 |
| China | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 320 | 180 | 140 | 320 | 40 | 20 | 260 |
| China | First asylum requests | 2011 | 280 | 160 | 130 | 280 | 40 | 20 | 220 |
| China | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 0 | - | 30 |
| Colombia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Colombia | First asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colombia | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Congo | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 100 | 50 | 40 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 90 |
| Congo | First asylum requests | 2011 | 90 | 50 | 40 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 80 |
| Congo | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | First asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | 0 | 10 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 130 | 110 | 30 | 130 | 10 | 10 | 120 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | First asylum requests | 2011 | 120 | 100 | 20 | 120 | 10 | 10 | 110 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | 0 | 10 |
| Dominican Republic | Total asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | First asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 80 | 60 | 20 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 60 |
| Egypt | First asylum requests | 2011 | 70 | 50 | 20 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 50 |
| Egypt | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | 20 |
| Eritrea | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 500 | 260 | 240 | 500 | 50 | 20 | 440 |
| Eritrea | First asylum requests | 2011 | 460 | 240 | 220 | 460 | 50 | 10 | 400 |
| Eritrea | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Ethiopia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 100 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 80 |
| Ethiopia | First asylum requests | 2011 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 70 |
| Ethiopia | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 20 | - | - | 20 |
| Georgia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 230 | 190 | 50 | 230 | 30 | 0 | 200 |
| Georgia | First asylum requests | 2011 | 190 | 160 | 30 | 190 | 20 | 0 | 170 |
| Georgia | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 10 | - | 40 |
| Ghana | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Ghana | First asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ghana | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Guinea | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 250 | 120 | 130 | 250 | 30 | 40 | 190 |
| Guinea | First asylum requests | 2011 | 210 | 90 | 120 | 210 | 30 | 40 | 150 |
| Guinea | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| India | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | - | 0 | 30 |
| India | First asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | - | 0 | 20 |
| India | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Iran | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 1,190 | 750 | 440 | 1,190 | 150 | 40 | 990 |
| Iran | First asylum requests | 2011 | 930 | 570 | 360 | 930 | 120 | 40 | 770 |
| Iran | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 250 | 170 | 80 | 250 | 30 | 0 | 220 |
| Iraq | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 2,010 | 1,310 | 700 | 2,010 | 290 | 80 | 1,630 |
| Iraq | First asylum requests | 2011 | 1,440 | 850 | 590 | 1,440 | 240 | 70 | 1,130 |
| Iraq | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 570 | 460 | 110 | 570 | 60 | 10 | 510 |
| Kazakhstan | Total asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kazakhstan | First asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kazakhstan | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kenya | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Kenya | First asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Kenya | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Lebanon | Total asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | First asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liberia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Liberia | First asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Liberia | Follow-up asylum requests | 2011 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Lybia | Total asylum requests | 2011 | 150 | 130 | 20 | 150 | 20 | 10 | 130 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||
Dataset is not available.
Requests for asylum by country of citizenship, sex
and age of the asylum seeker. As from 2007, it is possible to make a
distinction between first requests and subsequent requests.
Separate data are available for all countries of citizenship with at least
10 asylum seekers.
Data available from: 2007.
Status of the figures: final data.
Changes from January 17th 2012:
The figures for the fourth quarter 2011 and the year 2011 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Discontinued on 29 February 2012
Description topics
- Asylum requests by sex
- The number of asylum requests by sex of the asylum seeker.
In some cases, the sex of the asylum seeker is unknown, because the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) does not record this
information.- Total men and women
- Sex unknown included.
In some cases, the sex of the asylum seeker is unknown, because the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) does not record this
information.
- Men
- Sex unknown included.
In some cases, the sex of the asylum seeker is unknown, because the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) does not record this
information.
- Women
- Asylum requests by age
- The number of requests for asylum by age submitted at the moment the
asylum seeker enters the country. The category 'age' is subdivided into
younger than 15
15, 16, or 17 years old and 18 years or older.- All ages
- Younger than 15 years
- 15 to 17 years
- 18 years or older