Asylum requests; by citizenship and quarterly figures, 1998 - 2007

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Countries Periods Asylum requests by sex Total men and women (absolute) Asylum requests by sex Men (absolute) Asylum requests by sex Women (absolute) Asylum requests by sex Unknown (absolute) Asylum requests by age All ages (absolute) Asylum requests by age Younger than 15 years (absolute) Asylum requests by age 15 to 17 years (absolute) Asylum requests by age 18 years or older (absolute)
Other Africa 1998 1st quarter 640 470 170 . 640 100 110 430
1998 2nd quarter 640 490 150 0 640 60 120 450
1998 3rd quarter 820 610 210 0 820 100 170 550
1998 4th quarter 910 640 270 0 910 150 180 580
1998 3,000 2,210 790 10 3,000 410 580 2,020
1999 1st quarter 800 580 220 0 800 140 130 530
1999 2nd quarter 700 510 180 10 700 110 130 460
1999 3rd quarter 810 590 210 0 810 140 140 520
1999 4th quarter 960 680 260 10 960 150 180 630
1999 3,260 2,360 880 20 3,260 540 580 2,140
2000 1st quarter 960 730 210 20 960 120 190 650
2000 2nd quarter 800 570 210 20 800 100 160 540
2000 3rd quarter 840 590 240 20 840 110 180 560
2000 4th quarter 1,040 740 280 20 1,040 100 220 720
2000 3,640 2,620 940 80 3,640 420 740 2,480
2001 1st quarter 960 660 270 30 960 100 170 700
2001 2nd quarter 830 600 200 30 830 80 160 590
2001 3rd quarter 930 680 230 20 930 100 180 650
2001 4th quarter 1,040 730 290 20 1,040 120 200 720
2001 3,760 2,670 990 100 3,760 390 710 2,660
2002 1st quarter 990 730 240 20 990 90 210 700
2002 2nd quarter 830 610 190 20 830 60 190 580
2002 3rd quarter 840 590 230 20 840 110 140 590
2002 4th quarter 720 490 200 30 720 60 110 560
2002 3,380 2,430 870 90 3,380 310 640 2,430
2003 1st quarter 620 400 190 30 620 60 100 460
2003 2nd quarter 450 300 130 20 450 50 50 350
2003 3rd quarter 510 350 150 10 510 70 60 380
2003 4th quarter 490 320 150 20 490 60 50 370
2003 2,060 1,360 610 80 2,060 230 260 1,570
2004 1st quarter 430 270 140 30 430 70 40 320
2004 2nd quarter 320 210 100 10 320 50 20 250
2004 3rd quarter 360 210 150 0 360 70 40 260
2004 4th quarter 380 230 140 10 380 80 40 260
2004 1,490 920 530 40 1,490 270 140 1,080
2005 1st quarter 330 210 120 0 330 60 20 250
2005 2nd quarter 370 220 150 0 370 70 30 260
2005 3rd quarter 380 240 150 0 380 100 20 270
2005 4th quarter 400 230 170 . 400 110 30 270
2005 1,480 890 580 10 1,480 340 100 1,050
2006 1st quarter 460 270 190 0 460 100 30 340
2006 2nd quarter 500 290 210 . 500 130 40 330
2006 3rd quarter 360 200 160 . 360 70 50 240
2006 4th quarter 260 170 90 0 260 50 20 180
2006 1,590 940 640 10 1,590 360 140 1,090
2007 1st quarter 310 210 110 . 310 60 30 230
2007 2nd quarter 270 170 110 0 270 40 40 190
2007 3rd quarter 280 170 120 . 280 70 30 180
2007 4th quarter 250 150 110 . 250 30 30 200
2007 1,120 680 440 0 1,120 190 130 800
2008 1st quarter . . . . . . . .
Other America 1998 1st quarter 20 10 0 . 20 . 0 20
1998 2nd quarter 20 20 10 . 20 10 . 20
1998 3rd quarter 10 10 10 0 10 . 0 10
1998 4th quarter 30 20 10 . 30 0 0 30
1998 90 60 30 0 90 10 0 70
1999 1st quarter 30 20 10 0 30 10 0 20
1999 2nd quarter 10 10 0 . 10 0 . 10
1999 3rd quarter 20 10 0 0 20 . 0 20
1999 4th quarter 40 20 20 . 40 10 . 30
1999 100 60 40 0 100 20 0 80
2000 1st quarter 30 20 0 0 30 0 0 20
2000 2nd quarter 20 10 10 . 20 0 . 10
2000 3rd quarter 10 10 0 . 10 0 . 10
2000 4th quarter 20 20 0 . 20 10 0 10
2000 70 50 20 0 70 10 10 50
2001 1st quarter 30 20 10 0 30 10 . 20
2001 2nd quarter 30 20 10 0 30 10 . 20
2001 3rd quarter 10 10 0 . 10 0 0 10
2001 4th quarter 20 10 0 10 20 0 . 10
2001 80 50 20 10 80 20 0 70
2002 1st quarter 20 10 10 0 20 0 0 20
2002 2nd quarter 20 10 0 0 20 0 0 10
2002 3rd quarter 10 10 0 0 10 0 . 10
2002 4th quarter 20 20 0 0 20 . . 20
2002 70 50 20 10 70 10 0 60
2003 1st quarter 20 10 10 . 20 0 0 10
2003 2nd quarter 20 20 0 0 20 0 . 20
2003 3rd quarter 20 20 10 . 20 0 . 20
2003 4th quarter 10 10 0 0 10 . . 10
2003 70 50 20 0 70 10 0 70
2004 1st quarter 40 20 20 0 40 10 0 30
2004 2nd quarter 100 50 50 0 100 20 0 80
2004 3rd quarter 40 30 10 . 40 0 . 30
2004 4th quarter 20 10 10 . 20 0 . 20
2004 200 100 90 10 200 40 10 150
2005 1st quarter 30 20 10 . 30 0 0 20
2005 2nd quarter 90 50 40 0 90 30 10 60
2005 3rd quarter 130 70 60 . 130 40 0 90
2005 4th quarter 120 80 50 . 120 30 0 90
2005 370 210 160 0 370 100 10 260
2006 1st quarter 40 30 10 . 40 0 0 40
2006 2nd quarter 60 30 30 . 60 20 10 30
2006 3rd quarter 30 20 0 . 30 10 0 20
2006 4th quarter 20 20 0 . 20 . . 20
2006 140 90 50 . 140 30 10 100
2007 1st quarter 20 10 10 . 20 10 . 10
2007 2nd quarter 20 20 0 . 20 0 0 20
2007 3rd quarter 20 10 10 . 20 10 . 10
2007 4th quarter 50 20 30 . 50 0 . 50
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


Requests for asylum in the Netherlands by country of citizenship, sex
and age of the asylum seeker.

Data available from 1998 until 2007.

Frequency: stopped on 15 may 2008.

Legal status of the data: final data.

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
Men
Women
Unknown
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