Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975

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Citizenship Total requests asylum and family members (number) First requests for asylum (persons) (number) Subsequent requests (number)
Total 45,640 32,175 1,585
(former) Soviet Union 1,795 1,685 90
(former) Yugoslavia 50 45 5
Afghan 665 490 15
Albanian 25 20 5
Algerian 1,220 950 265
Angolan 45 40 5
Armenian 45 35 5
Azerbaijani 170 150 20
Belorussian 60 50 5
Bengali 40 40 0
Beninese 10 10 0
Bosnian 10 5 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Burundian 10 5 5
Cameroonian 75 70 5
Chilean 5 5 0
Chinese 260 200 20
Colombian 580 560 10
Congolese 25 20 5
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 45 25 5
Cuban 25 20 0
Czech 0 0 0
Czechslovak . . .
Egyptian 345 300 35
Eritrean 1,705 1,465 40
Estonian . . .
Ethiopian 470 415 10
Gambian 445 410 35
Georgian 115 100 10
Ghanaian 75 65 10
Guinean 205 185 15
Hungarian 5 5 0
Indian 90 70 15
Indonesian 10 5 0
Iranian 805 705 40
Iraqi 2,700 2,220 85
Israeli 15 15 0
Ivorian 50 40 5
Jordanian 115 75 25
Kazakh 30 25 5
Kosovar 5 5 0
Kyrgyz 10 10 0
Latvian 5 5 0
Lebanese 105 80 10
Liberian 30 25 5
Libyan 210 180 25
Lithuanian . . .
Macedonian 30 30 0
Malian 40 35 5
Mauritanian 125 125 0
Moldavian 530 520 10
Mongolian 20 20 0
Moroccan 735 605 130
Myanmarese 70 60 0
Nepalese 10 5 0
Nigerian 950 770 160
Nigerien 20 20 0
North Korean . . .
Pakistani 665 490 40
Panamanian 5 5 0
Polish 20 20 0
Romanian 10 10 0
Russian 275 255 15
Rwandan 10 5 0
Senegalese 200 180 20
Citizen of Serbia and Montenegro . . .
Sierra Leonan 275 245 20
Slovak . . .
Somali 1,335 1,075 45
South African 20 15 5
Soviet Russian . . .
Sri Lankan 60 50 5
Sudanese 550 520 5
Surinamese 15 10 5
Syrian 20,370 11,525 130
Tajik 45 40 5
Togolese 5 5 0
Tunisian 370 330 45
Turkish 2,375 1,870 35
Ugandan 345 285 30
Ukrainian 430 425 5
Uzbek 65 60 5
Venezuelan 220 205 10
Vietnamese 10 10 0
Yemeni 1,920 1,080 10
Unknown 1,790 1,455 30
Stateless 120 30 10
Source: CBS.
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This table provides annual figures of asylum requests and following family members (persons and procedures), by citizenship. Apart from the total number of requests and family members, the number of first requests and subsequent requests is also included. The distinction between first requests and subsequent requests cannot be made before the reference year 2007. Therefore the number of first requests is set equal to the number of total requests. The distinction between asylum requests and family members can, until now, not be made before the reference year 2013. For some individual countries, no data is available for the years before 1994. However, the number of requests for asylum for these countries are included in the total number of requests. In all cases it concerns small numbers. From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.

Data available from: 1975.

Status of the figures:
The figures until 2023 are final.
The figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of February 2025:
Provisional figures for 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures for 2025 will be published in February 2026.

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Total requests asylum and family members
Total requests asylum and family members is the sum of the first asylum permits, subsequent asylum permits and the number of family members together. From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.

Requests for asylum are submitted by persons who have left their country in order to seek asylum in another country. An asylum seeker may submit more than one request for asylum. Both first, subsequent requests and family members are
included here.

Following relatives are family members of an asylum seeker with an asylum permit. The family members actually entered the Netherlands and immediately received an asylum permit upon arrival.
First requests for asylum (persons)
Requests for asylum are submitted by persons who have left their country in order to seek asylum in another country. An asylum seeker may submit more than one request for asylum.

As from 2007, it is possible to distinguish first requests and subsequent requests. The data before 2007 include both first and subsequent requests. As from 2007 the data include first requests only.
From 2016 onwards the number of first requests includes relocation.
Subsequent requests
Requests for asylum are submitted by persons who have left their country in order to seek asylum in another country. An asylum seeker may submit more than one request for asylum. As from 2007, it is possible to make a distinction between first requests and subsequent requests.