Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975

Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975

Citizenship Periods First requests for asylum (persons) (number) Family members (persons) (number)
Total 2023* 38,375 10,125
(former) Soviet Union 2023* 2,115 20
(former) Yugoslavia 2023* 40 0
Afghan 2023* 670 190
Albanian 2023* 30 0
Algerian 2023* 1,555 0
Angolan 2023* 25 0
Armenian 2023* 50 0
Azerbaijani 2023* 120 0
Belorussian 2023* 80 0
Bengali 2023* 20 5
Beninese 2023* 25 0
Bosnian 2023* 10 0
Bulgarian 2023* 0 0
Burundian 2023* 5 0
Cameroonian 2023* 60 5
Chilean 2023* 5 0
Chinese 2023* 410 75
Colombian 2023* 590 5
Congolese 2023* 25 0
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 2023* 30 5
Cuban 2023* 10 0
Czech 2023* 0 0
Czechslovak 2023* . .
Egyptian 2023* 320 45
Eritrean 2023* 2,345 195
Estonian 2023* 0 0
Ethiopian 2023* 325 40
Gambian 2023* 210 0
Georgian 2023* 120 0
Ghanaian 2023* 55 0
Guinean 2023* 165 10
Hungarian 2023* 0 0
Indian 2023* 150 5
Indonesian 2023* 5 0
Iranian 2023* 1,120 40
Iraqi 2023* 1,495 255
Israeli 2023* 15 0
Ivorian 2023* 30 5
Jordanian 2023* 115 5
Kazakh 2023* 45 0
Kosovar 2023* 10 0
Kyrgyz 2023* 5 5
Latvian 2023* 0 0
Lebanese 2023* 80 5
Liberian 2023* 20 0
Libyan 2023* 240 5
Lithuanian 2023* 5 0
Macedonian 2023* 20 0
Malian 2023* 25 0
Mauritanian 2023* 5 0
Moldavian 2023* 650 0
Mongolian 2023* 10 0
Moroccan 2023* 885 0
Myanmarese 2023* 50 15
Nepalese 2023* 5 5
Nigerian 2023* 655 20
Nigerien 2023* 35 0
North Korean 2023* . .
Pakistani 2023* 635 90
Panamanian 2023* . .
Polish 2023* 5 0
Romanian 2023* 0 0
Russian 2023* 330 10
Rwandan 2023* 10 0
Senegalese 2023* 25 0
Citizen of Serbia and Montenegro 2023* . .
Sierra Leonan 2023* 340 10
Slovak 2023* . .
Somali 2023* 1,805 90
South African 2023* 20 0
Soviet Russian 2023* . .
Sri Lankan 2023* 40 5
Sudanese 2023* 810 15
Surinamese 2023* 10 0
Syrian 2023* 13,030 6,695
Tajik 2023* 35 0
Togolese 2023* 5 0
Tunisian 2023* 430 0
Turkish 2023* 2,860 1,145
Ugandan 2023* 285 25
Ukrainian 2023* 600 0
Uzbek 2023* 55 0
Venezuelan 2023* 165 0
Vietnamese 2023* 25 0
Yemeni 2023* 1,980 820
Unknown 2023* 1,260 120
Stateless 2023* 60 120
Source: CBS.
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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 2022 are final.
The figures for 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of January 2024:
Provisional figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures for 2024 will be published in February 2025.

Description topics

First requests for asylum (persons)
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.

As from 2007, it is possible to distinguish first requests and subsequent requests. The data before 2007 include both first and subsequent requests. As from 2007 the data include first requests only.
From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.
Family members (persons)
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.

In order to bring family members to the Netherlands, the permit holder must apply for a temporary stay (mvv). This application must be made within 3 months after the asylum permit has been granted. After granting, the mvv is valid for 90 days. The family members can collect the mvv’s at the consular services of embassies and use them to enter the Netherlands. The number of asylum permits for family reunification in the table is therefore not equal to the number of mvv’s issued to these following relatives.