Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975
| Citizenship | Periods | Total requests asylum and family members (number) |
|---|---|---|
| Rwandan | 2025* | 20 |
| Citizen of Serbia and Montenegro | 2025* | . |
| Ugandan | 2025* | 465 |
| Source: CBS. | ||
Table explanation
This table provides annual figures of asylum requests and following family members (persons and procedures), by citizenship. Apart from the total number of requests and family members, the number of first requests and subsequent requests is also included. The distinction between first requests and subsequent requests cannot be made before the reference year 2007. Therefore the number of first requests is set equal to the number of total requests. The distinction between asylum requests and family members can, until now, not be made before the reference year 2013. For some individual countries, no data is available for the years before 1994. However, the number of requests for asylum for these countries are included in the total number of requests. In all cases it concerns small numbers. From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.
Data available from: 1975.
Status of the figures:
The figures until 2024 are final.
The figures for 2025 are provisional.
Changes as of January 2026:
Provisional figures for 2025 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
The new figures for 2026 will be published in February 2027.
Description topics
- Total requests asylum and family members
- Total requests asylum and family members is the sum of the first asylum permits, subsequent asylum permits and the number of family members together. From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.
Requests for asylum are submitted by persons who have left their country in order to seek asylum in another country. An asylum seeker may submit more than one request for asylum. Both first, subsequent requests and family members are
included here.
Following relatives are family members of an asylum seeker with an asylum permit. The family members actually entered the Netherlands and immediately received an asylum permit upon arrival.