Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age

Changed on: 27/02/2026 02:00

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 January	1,645	1,300
Total male and female	Total	Total	2025 October	2,470	1,490
Total male and female	Total	Total	2025 November	2,485	1,290
Total male and female	Total	Total	2025 December	2,570	1,505
Total male and female	Total	Total	2025	24,075	16,495
Total male and female	Total	Total	2026 January*	2,070	1,325
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025 January	20	10
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025 October	75	10
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025 November	75	15
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025 December	85	30
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2025	760	190
Total male and female	Total	Afghan	2026 January*	65	25
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025 January	80	0
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025 October	145	0
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025 November	185	0
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025 December	170	0
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2025	1,205	5
Total male and female	Total	Algerian	2026 January*	135	0
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025 January	30	0
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025 October	35	5
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025 November	25	5
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025 December	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2025	255	25
Total male and female	Total	Chinese	2026 January*	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025 January	35	0
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025 October	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025 November	30	5
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025 December	35	5
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2025	320	45
Total male and female	Total	Egyptian	2026 January*	15	15
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025 January	65	35
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025 October	275	25
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025 November	275	35
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025 December	185	35
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2025	3,130	315
Total male and female	Total	Eritrean	2026 January*	70	25
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025 January	20	10
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025 October	70	5
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025 November	35	5
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025 December	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2025	670	35
Total male and female	Total	Ethiopian	2026 January*	15	5
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025 January	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025 October	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025 November	10	5
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025 December	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2025	205	10
Total male and female	Total	Gambian	2026 January*	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025 January	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025 October	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025 November	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025 December	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2025	85	0
Total male and female	Total	Indian	2026 January*	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025 January	40	15
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025 October	45	15
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025 November	55	10
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025 December	55	20
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2025	570	250
Total male and female	Total	Iraqi	2026 January*	55	10
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025 January	40	10
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025 October	40	10
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025 November	35	5
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025 December	55	0
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2025	430	90
Total male and female	Total	Iranian	2026 January*	35	15
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025 January	20	65
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025 October	70	170
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025 November	60	115
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025 December	70	120
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2025	505	1,475
Total male and female	Total	Yemeni	2026 January*	50	85
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025 January	50	0
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025 October	90	0
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025 November	65	0
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025 December	80	0
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2025	670	10
Total male and female	Total	Moroccan	2026 January*	70	0
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025 January	75	0
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025 October	95	5
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025 November	50	10
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025 December	55	0
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2025	815	30
Total male and female	Total	Nigerian	2026 January*	80	5
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025 January	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025 October	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025 November	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025 December	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2025	80	0
Total male and female	Total	Ukrainian	2026 January*	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025 January	40	15
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025 October	70	45
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025 November	65	35
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025 December	65	15
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2025	690	360
Total male and female	Total	Pakistani	2026 January*	95	15
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025 January	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025 October	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025 November	15	0
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025 December	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2025	210	5
Total male and female	Total	Russian	2026 January*	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025 January	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025 October	95	0
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025 November	150	5
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025 December	160	0
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2025	795	15
Total male and female	Total	Sudanese	2026 January*	95	0
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025 January	55	25
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025 October	140	50
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025 November	200	30
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025 December	190	65
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2025	1,290	395
Total male and female	Total	Somali	2026 January*	100	60
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025 January	405	1,030
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025 October	310	1,065
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025 November	270	885
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025 December	305	1,110
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2025	3,280	12,130
Total male and female	Total	Syrian	2026 January*	210	950
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025 January	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025 October	30	0
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025 November	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025 December	20	0
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2025	260	0
Total male and female	Total	Tunisian	2026 January*	25	0
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025 January	120	40
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025 October	135	35
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025 November	160	45
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025 December	130	50
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2025	1,470	460
Total male and female	Total	Turkish	2026 January*	100	30
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025 January	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025 October	10	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025 November	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025 December	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2025	105	0
Total male and female	Total	Belorussian	2026 January*	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025 January	0	0
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025 October	0	5
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025 November	0	5
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025 December	5	0
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2025	35	25
Total male and female	Total	Stateless	2026 January*	5	5
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025 January	85	30
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025 October	210	35
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025 November	175	60
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025 December	330	35
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2025	1,630	430
Total male and female	Total	Unknown	2026 January*	400	65
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 2025 are final.
The figures for 2026 are provisional.

Changes as of February 2026:
The figures for January 2026 have been added and the figures for 2025 have been finalized.

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.