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Background file on population and immigration.

Dossier page on socioeconomic status of migrants

In Q1 2018, 4.2 thousand asylum seekers and 2.1 thousand following family members were registered in the Netherlands.

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

Nearly 53 percent of refugee households have a low income, over six times the average in the Netherlands (8.2 percent). Among households with a Syrian or Eritrean main breadwinner, this share is even...

Last year, 13.3 thousand asylum applications were submitted in the Netherlands, i.e. a decline by 11 percent relative to 2009. The top 3 of countries of origin of asylum seekers has not changed...

The second generation, born in the Netherlands, is starting to become the face of the population with a non-western background in Dutch society

Requests for asylum by sex and age By country of citizenship

Refugee households often have a persistently low income

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

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...