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Over half of young asylum seekers in 2016 were from Syria.

Out of the asylum seekers who obtained a residence permit in 2014, 11 percent were in work after 30 months; 84 percent of status holders were benefit recipients.

In 2017, more following family members than asylum seekers from Eritrea arrived in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands saw net population growth in Q1 2018 at 12.5 thousand. Natural growth (births minus deaths) was negative, net migration positive.

The number of asylum requests has grown dramatically in recent months. In the first six months of 2014, twice as many asylum seekers came to the Netherlands as in the same period last year. In fact,...

In 2014, the number of asylum seekers in the European Union increased by more than 40 percent relative to 2013. In the Netherlands, nearly 22 thousand people submitted requests for asylum, more than...

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

In 2015 a total of 56.9 thousand asylum seekers and following family members applying to be reunited with their families were registered in the Netherlands.

In Q3 2018, the number of asylum seekers and following family members was up on Q2 as well as on 2017.

Background file on population and immigration.

In August this year 2,385 asylum seekers and following relatives were registered in the Netherlands.

Family reunion is still the main reason for migration, but labour and asylum are rising.

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

In Jan-Mar 2017, 4 thousand asylum seekers and 5.3 thousand following family members arrived in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands received 16,145 first asylum requests in 2017; 14,490 following family members arrived

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in June this year 1,480 asylum seekers and following family members were registered in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands had nearly 17.1 million inhabitants on 1 Januari 2017, over 110 thousand up from 1 January 2016.

A total of 29 thousand Syrians registered as residents of a Dutch municipality in 2014 and 2015. Syrian immigrants are young compared to other recent immigrants in the Netherlands and they often live...

In September 2016 more than 3 thousand asylum seekers and following relatives arrived in the Netherlands.

The population grew by over 80 thousand in the first three quarters of 2017, mainly due to foreign migration.

In 2016, one in five underage asylum seekers travelled unaccompanied. The majority came from Eritrea.

Political and social upheaval in the Arab region have lead to 7.6 thousand asylum applications in the first four months of this year in the countries of the European Union (EU), nearly twice as many...

The number of asylum seekers and following family members from Turkey rose from 185 to 330 between Q1 and Q2 2018. They represented the third largest group, after Syrians and Eritreans.

The Annual Report on Integration 2016 gives an overview of various population groups with a migrant background.