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. | |||
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 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.