Fewer asylum requests in first three quarters of 2025

03/11/2025 06:30

The Netherlands received 16.6 thousand first-time asylum applications in the first nine months of 2025, down by 33 percent from the previous year. In the third quarter, 6.8 thousand people applied for asylum. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of the latest figures from the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).

First-time asylum applications
Year	Q1 (x 1,000)	Q2 (x 1,000)	Q3 (x 1,000)	Q4 (x 1,000)
2013	2.11	2.01	2.53	3.20
2014	3.26	7.19	6.99	4.39
2015	2.44	6.32	14.75	19.60
2016	5.58	3.08	5.19	5.52
2017	4.03	3.80	4.37	3.96
2018	4.16	4.32	6.21	5.84
2019	5.38	5.19	5.87	6.10
2020	4.47	1.26	4.10	3.90
2021	2.72	3.34	8.82	9.87
2022	6.45	7.33	11.02	10.75
2023	6.94	7.95	10.51	12.98
2024	9.01	7.76	8.18	7.24
2025	4.53	5.30	6.76	0.00

First-time asylum applications
Year	Q1 (x 1,000)	Q2 (x 1,000)	Q3 (x 1,000)	Q4 (x 1,000)
2013	2.11	2.01	2.53	3.20
2014	3.26	7.19	6.99	4.39
2015	2.44	6.32	14.75	19.60
2016	5.58	3.08	5.19	5.52
2017	4.03	3.80	4.37	3.96
2018	4.16	4.32	6.21	5.84
2019	5.38	5.19	5.87	6.10
2020	4.47	1.26	4.10	3.90
2021	2.72	3.34	8.82	9.87
2022	6.45	7.33	11.02	10.75
2023	6.94	7.95	10.51	12.98
2024	9.01	7.76	8.18	7.24
2025	4.53	5.30	6.76	0.00

Most people who submitted a first-time asylum application in Q3 2025 have Eritrean nationality (990 persons). A total of 860 Syrians applied for asylum, up by 45 percent on Q2 2025. This is the first increase since the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024. After Eritreans and Syrians, people of unknown nationality (490) and people of Turkish nationality (425) made up the largest group.

Fewer asylum requests from Syrians in the first nine months

A total of 2.4 thousand Eritreans submitted a first-time asylum application in the first nine months of 2025. That was more than twice as many as the previous year. The number of Syrians who applied for asylum was also 2.4 thousand, compared to 8.9 thousand a year earlier.

First-time asylum applications, main countries of origin
Year	Quarter	Eritrea (x 1,000)	Syria (x 1,000)	Unknown (x 1,000)	Türkiye (x 1,000)	Other (x 1,000)
2018	Q1	0.48	0.58	0.16	0.18	2.78
2018	Q2	0.39	0.70	0.17	0.32	2.75
2018	Q3	0.35	0.97	0.22	0.46	4.22
2018	Q4	0.21	0.73	0.22	0.35	4.34
2019	Q1	0.13	0.58	0.22	0.30	4.16
2019	Q2	0.11	0.73	0.18	0.31	3.88
2019	Q3	0.13	1.11	0.26	0.35	4.03
2019	Q4	0.14	1.27	0.26	0.31	4.13
2020	Q1	0.10	1.10	0.16	0.25	2.87
2020	Q2	0.04	0.36	0.11	0.05	0.70
2020	Q3	0.11	1.37	0.18	0.45	1.99
2020	Q4	0.12	1.25	0.15	0.24	2.14
2021	Q1	0.11	0.90	0.10	0.09	1.53
2021	Q2	0.18	1.02	0.15	0.38	1.63
2021	Q3	0.21	2.55	0.27	1.54	4.27
2021	Q4	0.28	3.92	0.34	0.46	4.88
2022	Q1	0.25	1.63	0.24	0.36	3.98
2022	Q2	0.26	2.25	0.22	0.70	3.92
2022	Q3	0.47	4.60	0.35	0.94	4.67
2022	Q4	0.40	4.19	0.34	0.70	5.13
2023	Q1	0.39	1.56	0.27	0.48	4.26
2023	Q2	0.51	2.38	0.28	0.51	4.29
2023	Q3	0.75	4.32	0.34	0.88	4.23
2023	Q4	0.71	4.78	0.38	1.01	6.10
2024	Q1	0.34	2.91	0.36	0.50	4.91
2024	Q2	0.36	2.72	0.40	0.39	3.89
2024	Q3	0.47	3.30	0.38	0.52	3.52
2024	Q4	0.30	2.60	0.33	0.47	3.55
2025	Q1	0.24	0.94	0.20	0.33	2.83
2025	Q2	1.18	0.60	0.26	0.31	2.96
2025	Q3	0.99	0.86	0.49	0.43	4.00

First-time asylum applications, main countries of origin
Year	Quarter	Eritrea (x 1,000)	Syria (x 1,000)	Unknown (x 1,000)	Türkiye (x 1,000)	Other (x 1,000)
2018	Q1	0.48	0.58	0.16	0.18	2.78
2018	Q2	0.39	0.70	0.17	0.32	2.75
2018	Q3	0.35	0.97	0.22	0.46	4.22
2018	Q4	0.21	0.73	0.22	0.35	4.34
2019	Q1	0.13	0.58	0.22	0.30	4.16
2019	Q2	0.11	0.73	0.18	0.31	3.88
2019	Q3	0.13	1.11	0.26	0.35	4.03
2019	Q4	0.14	1.27	0.26	0.31	4.13
2020	Q1	0.10	1.10	0.16	0.25	2.87
2020	Q2	0.04	0.36	0.11	0.05	0.70
2020	Q3	0.11	1.37	0.18	0.45	1.99
2020	Q4	0.12	1.25	0.15	0.24	2.14
2021	Q1	0.11	0.90	0.10	0.09	1.53
2021	Q2	0.18	1.02	0.15	0.38	1.63
2021	Q3	0.21	2.55	0.27	1.54	4.27
2021	Q4	0.28	3.92	0.34	0.46	4.88
2022	Q1	0.25	1.63	0.24	0.36	3.98
2022	Q2	0.26	2.25	0.22	0.70	3.92
2022	Q3	0.47	4.60	0.35	0.94	4.67
2022	Q4	0.40	4.19	0.34	0.70	5.13
2023	Q1	0.39	1.56	0.27	0.48	4.26
2023	Q2	0.51	2.38	0.28	0.51	4.29
2023	Q3	0.75	4.32	0.34	0.88	4.23
2023	Q4	0.71	4.78	0.38	1.01	6.10
2024	Q1	0.34	2.91	0.36	0.50	4.91
2024	Q2	0.36	2.72	0.40	0.39	3.89
2024	Q3	0.47	3.30	0.38	0.52	3.52
2024	Q4	0.30	2.60	0.33	0.47	3.55
2025	Q1	0.24	0.94	0.20	0.33	2.83
2025	Q2	1.18	0.60	0.26	0.31	2.96
2025	Q3	0.99	0.86	0.49	0.43	4.00

More following family members arrived in the Netherlands

A total of 4.6 thousand following family members arrived in the Netherlands in Q3 2025. That was the highest number since 2017. In the first nine months of the year, the total number was 12.1 thousand: an increase of 40 percent, year on year. Two-thirds of them came from Syria (3.1 thousand people).

Following family members
Year	Q1 (x 1,000)	Q2 (x 1,000)	Q3 (x 1,000)	Q4 (x 1,000)
2013	0.80	0.81	0.98	1.06
2014	0.96	0.88	1.42	2.10
2015	1.84	2.81	5.22	3.98
2016	1.91	1.31	2.61	6.00
2017	5.30	4.10	2.26	2.84
2018	2.14	1.97	1.28	1.07
2019	0.85	0.89	1.20	1.25
2020	1.07	0.26	0.86	1.68
2021	1.51	2.60	2.78	3.23
2022	2.57	3.17	3.65	1.55
2023	1.91	2.63	2.60	2.99
2024	3.10	2.83	2.66	3.29
2025	3.75	3.69	4.63	0.00

Following family members
Year	Q1 (x 1,000)	Q2 (x 1,000)	Q3 (x 1,000)	Q4 (x 1,000)
2013	0.80	0.81	0.98	1.06
2014	0.96	0.88	1.42	2.10
2015	1.84	2.81	5.22	3.98
2016	1.91	1.31	2.61	6.00
2017	5.30	4.10	2.26	2.84
2018	2.14	1.97	1.28	1.07
2019	0.85	0.89	1.20	1.25
2020	1.07	0.26	0.86	1.68
2021	1.51	2.60	2.78	3.23
2022	2.57	3.17	3.65	1.55
2023	1.91	2.63	2.60	2.99
2024	3.10	2.83	2.66	3.29
2025	3.75	3.69	4.63	0.00

Sources

StatLine - Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age:

Fewer asylum requests from Syrians in the first nine months

More following family members arrived in the Netherlands

Sources

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