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Last year, nearly 15 thousand first-time requests for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands, an increase by 11 percent relative to 2008. More than half of asylum seekers came from Iraq or Somalia.

Requests for asylum, 1998 - 2007 By citizinship and quarterly figures

In total 2,085 people registered as asylum seekers or following family members in the Netherlands in July.

At the end of June 2008, nearly 26 thousand asylumseekers in the Netherlands had been granted leave to remain in the Netherlands indefinitely based on the ‘pardon regulation’ of 2007. Most of these...

95 percent of inhabitants holds Dutch citizenship. In 2015, 22 thousand residents were naturalised to Dutch citizens.

Record number of immigrants (235 thousand) and emigrants (154 thousand) in 2017, highest net migration (81 thousand).

The population of the Netherlands again saw relatively strong growth in 2017.

In the period 2011-2015, the number emigrants from the Netherlands to the UK has risen from 8.2 to 10.5 thousand.

Requests for asylum; first and subsequent requests By country of citizenship, sex and age

Refugee households often have a persistently low income

On the basis of provisional population data over 2015, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the Dutch population increased by 79 thousand to 16.9 million residents. Last year’s population growth...

Residence permits asylum; temporary and permanent permits By citizenship

The annual report on integration published today shows that the economic crisis is having serious effects on people in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background. The report (English...

Imports; exports; services broken down into various types of services Countries

Imports, exports value and balance of trade of goods; according to the chapters of the Harmonised System and country (groups).

Import and export value of goods; according to SITC classification (3 digit) and country (groups).