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Majority of non-Dutch immigrants are family migrants
The largest proportion of people who moved to the Netherlands between 1999 and 2023 with a non-Dutch nationality and were still resident at the end of 2023 are family migrants (644 thousand people).
Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age
Asylum requests and family reunification nationality, sex and age
Fewer asylum requests and more following family members in 2024
Over 32 thousand people submitted a first-time application for asylum in the Netherlands in 2024
Nearly 300 thousand family businesses in the Netherlands
There were nearly 300 thousand family-owned businesses in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2022.
Most family migrants stay in the Netherlands
Migrants coming to the Netherlands to join other family members made up nearly one-third of all non-EU/EFTA immigrants arriving in the Netherlands between 1999 and 2023
Fewer asylum requests and family member arrivals in Q2 2024
A total of 7.7 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands in the second quarter of 2024
Fewer asylum requests, more following family members in Q1
In Q1 2024, nearly 9 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands.
Fewer and fewer families in which only the father works
In 2023, in 13 percent of families with children under 18 only the father was in paid work, while their partners (mostly women) were not in paid work.
More asylum requests and fewer following family members in 2023
In 2023, over 38 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.
What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family?
Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...
Most asylum requests from Eritreans for first time since 2016
A total of 5.3 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands in the second quarter of 2025.
About this publication
This report concerns persons who were required to undergo civic integration in the Netherlands in 2022, 2023 and 2024 under the 2021 Civic Integration Act (Statistics regarding the Civic Integration...
More asylum requests and family member arrivals in Q2 2023
In Q2 2023, 7.9 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.
Number of asylum requests halved in Q1 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, nearly 4.5 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands.
Asylum and integration 2025, 2014-July 2024
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants (asylum seekers, permit holders, Ukrainian refugees) arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2024
Human capital migration from a life course perspective: The role of geography and gender
Dissertation on internal migration patterns of highly educated men and women from a life course perspective: from leaving the parental home to family formation.
Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975
Historical data; first, subsequent asylum requests and Family members Citizenship
Asylum requests down by nearly a quarter on Q3 2023
A total of 8.1 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2024.
New method of measuring poverty: 540 thousand people in poverty in 2023
A total of 540 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2023, which was 3.1 percent of the total population
Asylum and integration 2024 – Study on asylum seekers and status holders
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2023
Annual Report Youth Monitor 2023
The 2023 Annual Youth Monitor presents a broad overview of the living situation of children and young people in the Netherlands, e.g. on mental health issues, student debt, smoking and school.
SDG 10.1 Social cohesion and inequality
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.1 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. The first part of SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. These are...
Temporary residence permits; purpose of stay and nationality
First granted residence permits, asylum and motiv Nationality
Fewer asylum requests in first three quarters of 2025
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.
Agriculture; labour force by region
Agricultural census; number of persons, annual work units and corresponding number of holdings by region