Fewer asylum requests and more following family members in 2025
| Jaar | 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 | 5.33 | 6.74 | 7.55 |
For the second year in a row, fewer asylum applications were received from Syrian nationals. The number of applications in 2025 was 3.3 thousand, 71 percent fewer than a year earlier (11.5 thousand). Despite this decrease, more applications were received from Syrian nationals than any other nationality. The number of applications from people with Eritrean nationality doubled from 1.5 thousand in 2024 to 3.1 thousand in 2025. They were the second largest group of applicants by nationality, after Syrians.
People with Iraqi nationality filed 575 asylum applications, 1.6 thousand fewer than a year earlier. In the previous years, the number of applications from this group had been increasing, reaching 2.2 thousand in 2024.
| Jaar | Kwartaal | Syrian (x 1,000) | Eritrean (x 1,000) | Turkish (x 1,000) | Iraqi (x 1,000) | Other (x 1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Q1 | 0.90 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 2.45 |
| 2021 | Q2 | 1.02 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 2.73 |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2.55 | 0.21 | 1.54 | 0.13 | 6.95 |
| 2021 | Q4 | 3.92 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 8.66 |
| 2022 | Q1 | 1.63 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 5.71 |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2.25 | 0.26 | 0.70 | 0.11 | 6.27 |
| 2022 | Q3 | 4.60 | 0.47 | 0.94 | 0.17 | 9.45 |
| 2022 | Q4 | 4.19 | 0.40 | 0.70 | 0.26 | 9.39 |
| 2023 | Q1 | 1.56 | 0.39 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 5.90 |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2.38 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 6.53 |
| 2023 | Q3 | 4.32 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.24 | 8.65 |
| 2023 | Q4 | 4.78 | 0.71 | 1.01 | 0.66 | 10.60 |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2.91 | 0.34 | 0.50 | 1.19 | 6.99 |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2.72 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.68 | 6.33 |
| 2024 | Q3 | 3.30 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.20 | 7.00 |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2.60 | 0.30 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 6.32 |
| 2025 | Q1 | 0.94 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.11 | 3.86 |
| 2025 | Q2 | 0.60 | 1.18 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 3.70 |
| 2025 | Q3 | 0.86 | 0.99 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 5.17 |
| 2025 | Q4 | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 6.23 |
More asylum seekers in Q4 2025
In the fourth quarter of 2025, 7.5 thousand people applied for asylum for the first time, which was a year-on-year increase of 4 percent. The second half of the year saw the most applications: nearly 60 percent.
Highest number of following family members since 2013
A total of 16.5 thousand following family members came to the Netherlands in 2025, which was 4.6 thousand more than the previous year. That was the highest number recorded since 2013. 12.1 thousand following family members [explanation] came from Syria in 2025, which was nearly three-quarters of the total, and 39 percent more than in 2024.
A further 1.5 thousand following family members came from Yemen, up 76 percent from a year earlier.
| Jaar | 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 | 3.76 | 4.68 | 4.29 |
Sources
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