Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age

Changed on: 30/01/2026 06:30

Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age
Sex	Age	Nationality	Periods	First asylum requests (persons) (number)	Family reunification (persons) (number)
Total male and female	Total	Total	2025*	24,140	16,470
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025*	765	190
Total male and female	Total	Albanian	2025*	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025*	1,210	5
Total male and female	Total	Angolan	2025*	80	5
Total male and female	Total	Armenian	2025*	45	0
Total male and female	Total	Azerbaijani	2025*	175	0
Total male and female	Total	Bosnian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Burundian	2025*	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025*	260	25
Total male and female	Total	Colombian	2025*	395	10
Total male and female	Total	Congolese	2025*	40	0
Total male and female	Total	Cuban	2025*	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025*	325	45
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025*	3,135	310
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025*	670	35
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025*	205	10
Total male and female	Total	Georgian	2025*	210	0
Total male and female	Total	Ghanaian	2025*	70	5
Total male and female	Total	Guinean	2025*	150	10
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025*	80	0
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025*	575	250
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025*	435	90
Total male and female	Total	Ivorian	2025*	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025*	510	1,475
Total male and female	Total	Jordanian	2025*	165	5
Total male and female	Total	Kosovar	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Lebanese	2025*	90	20
Total male and female	Total	Libyan	2025*	290	10
Total male and female	Total	Macedonian	2025*	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Malian	2025*	30	5
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025*	670	10
Total male and female	Total	Moldavian	2025*	140	5
Total male and female	Total	Mongolian	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Myanmarese	2025*	90	5
Total male and female	Total	Nepalese	2025*	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025*	815	30
Total male and female	Total	North Korean	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025*	75	0
Total male and female	Total	Uzbek	2025*	115	0
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025*	695	360
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025*	210	5
Total male and female	Total	Salvadorean	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Senegalese	2025*	40	0
Total male and female	Total	Citizen of Serbia	2025*	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Sierra Leonan	2025*	525	5
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025*	795	15
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025*	1,290	395
Total male and female	Total	Sri Lankan	2025*	55	10
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025*	3,285	12,110
Total male and female	Total	Tajik	2025*	25	20
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025*	260	0
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025*	1,480	465
Total male and female	Total	Ugandan	2025*	410	30
Total male and female	Total	Venezuelan	2025*	185	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025*	105	0
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025*	35	25
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025*	1,635	430
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Total	2025*	1,655	1,850
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Afghan	2025*	60	20
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Albanian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Algerian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Angolan	2025*	10	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Armenian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Azerbaijani	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Bosnian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Burundian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Chinese	2025*	15	5
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Colombian	2025*	25	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Congolese	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Cuban	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Egyptian	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Eritrean	2025*	100	15
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Ethiopian	2025*	15	5
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Gambian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Georgian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Ghanaian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Guinean	2025*	10	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Indian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Iraqi	2025*	60	20
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Iranian	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Ivorian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Yemeni	2025*	25	170
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Jordanian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Kosovar	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Lebanese	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Libyan	2025*	10	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Macedonian	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Malian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Moroccan	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Moldavian	2025*	25	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Mongolian	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Myanmarese	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Nepalese	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Nigerian	2025*	110	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	North Korean	2025*	0	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Ukrainian	2025*	15	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Uzbek	2025*	5	0
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Pakistani	2025*	35	30
Total male and female	0 to 5 years	Russian	2025*	10	0
Source: CBS.

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Table explanation

This table contains data on numbers of submitted asylum requests and family reunification (family joining the asylum seeker) per month, quarter and year, broken down by citizenship, sex and age group of the asylum seeker and family member. Apart from the total number of requests, the number of first requests and subsequent requests have also been included. As of January 2016, the first requests also include relocation data.The figures provided here represent formally identified and registered asylum seekers.

Data available from: February 2013.

Status of the figures:
The figures up to 2024 are final.
The figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of January 2026:
The figures for December 2025 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures are published on a monthly basis.

Description topics

First asylum requests (persons): First asylum requests are requests by persons from another country seeking permission to be admitted as refugees. These requests are submitted by persons who have left their own country for various reasons in order to seek protection or asylum in another country. As of 2016, the number of first asylum requests includes those applicants who have been relocated.
Nationalities will be listed separately in the datasets once the number of asylum requests from people holding this nationality has exceeded 50 within a period of twelve months. As a result, the sum of the detailed data may deviate from the total number.
Family reunification (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.