Family-network migration after asylum migration in the Netherlands

Han NicolaasPaper presented at the European Population Conference 30 August to 3 September 1999 in the Hague, the Netherlands.Abstract: Asylum seekers who are allowed to stay in the Netherlands and who are subsequently registered as immigrants, have the right, under certain circumstances, to bring their partner and/or child(ren) to the Netherlands. Little is known about family reunification and family formation migration generated by these asylum migrants. In view of the demand for such information, estimates have been made of the number of family-reunifying and family-forming migrants of asylum migrants. Additionally, the number of asylum migrants has been estimated at the same time.