Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975

Asylum requests; by citizenship, from 1975

Citizenship Periods First requests for asylum (persons) (number) Family members (persons) (number)
Total 2024* 32,175 11,880
(former) Soviet Union 2024* 1,685 20
(former) Yugoslavia 2024* 45 0
Afghan 2024* 490 160
Albanian 2024* 20 0
Algerian 2024* 950 5
Angolan 2024* 40 0
Armenian 2024* 35 0
Azerbaijani 2024* 150 0
Belorussian 2024* 50 0
Bengali 2024* 40 0
Beninese 2024* 10 0
Bosnian 2024* 5 0
Bulgarian 2024* 0 0
Burundian 2024* 5 0
Cameroonian 2024* 70 0
Chilean 2024* 5 0
Chinese 2024* 200 40
Colombian 2024* 560 5
Congolese 2024* 20 0
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 2024* 25 15
Cuban 2024* 20 5
Czech 2024* 0 0
Czechslovak 2024* . .
Egyptian 2024* 300 10
Eritrean 2024* 1,465 200
Estonian 2024* . .
Ethiopian 2024* 415 45
Gambian 2024* 410 0
Georgian 2024* 100 0
Ghanaian 2024* 65 0
Guinean 2024* 185 5
Hungarian 2024* 5 0
Indian 2024* 70 0
Indonesian 2024* 5 0
Iranian 2024* 705 65
Iraqi 2024* 2,220 395
Israeli 2024* 15 0
Ivorian 2024* 40 5
Jordanian 2024* 75 15
Kazakh 2024* 25 5
Kosovar 2024* 5 0
Kyrgyz 2024* 10 0
Latvian 2024* 5 0
Lebanese 2024* 80 15
Liberian 2024* 25 0
Libyan 2024* 180 5
Lithuanian 2024* . .
Macedonian 2024* 30 0
Malian 2024* 35 0
Mauritanian 2024* 125 0
Moldavian 2024* 520 0
Mongolian 2024* 20 0
Moroccan 2024* 605 5
Myanmarese 2024* 60 5
Nepalese 2024* 5 0
Nigerian 2024* 770 20
Nigerien 2024* 20 0
North Korean 2024* . .
Pakistani 2024* 490 140
Panamanian 2024* 5 0
Polish 2024* 20 0
Romanian 2024* 10 0
Russian 2024* 255 0
Rwandan 2024* 5 0
Senegalese 2024* 180 0
Citizen of Serbia and Montenegro 2024* . .
Sierra Leonan 2024* 245 10
Slovak 2024* . .
Somali 2024* 1,075 215
South African 2024* 15 0
Soviet Russian 2024* . .
Sri Lankan 2024* 50 0
Sudanese 2024* 520 25
Surinamese 2024* 10 0
Syrian 2024* 11,525 8,710
Tajik 2024* 40 5
Togolese 2024* 5 0
Tunisian 2024* 330 0
Turkish 2024* 1,870 470
Ugandan 2024* 285 25
Ukrainian 2024* 425 0
Uzbek 2024* 60 0
Venezuelan 2024* 205 5
Vietnamese 2024* 10 0
Yemeni 2024* 1,080 830
Unknown 2024* 1,455 300
Stateless 2024* 30 75
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


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.

Description topics

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.
Family members (persons)
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.

In order to bring family members to the Netherlands, the permit holder must apply for a temporary stay (mvv). This application must be made within 3 months after the asylum permit has been granted. After granting, the mvv is valid for 90 days. The family members can collect the mvv’s at the consular services of embassies and use them to enter the Netherlands. The number of asylum permits for family reunification in the table is therefore not equal to the number of mvv’s issued to these following relatives.