Asylum requests; citizenship, sex and age 2007-2016
| Sex | Age | Citizenship | Periods | Total asylum requests (number) | First asylum requests (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 February | 960 | 735 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 March | 990 | 805 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 April | 1,320 | 1,140 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 May | 2,375 | 2,250 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 June | 3,060 | 2,925 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 July | 3,145 | 2,980 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 August | 5,470 | 5,330 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 September | 6,625 | 6,435 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 October | 10,135 | 9,980 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 November | 6,375 | 6,240 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2015 December | 3,520 | 3,380 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Total nationality | 2016 January* | 2,670 | 2,550 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 February | 70 | 35 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 March | 65 | 30 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 April | 75 | 45 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 May | 75 | 40 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 June | 70 | 50 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 July | 95 | 65 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 August | 150 | 140 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 September | 180 | 160 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 October | 470 | 445 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 November | 900 | 885 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2015 December | 640 | 625 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Afghan | 2016 January* | 400 | 385 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 February | 15 | 15 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 March | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 April | 15 | 15 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 May | 25 | 25 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 June | 40 | 40 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 July | 70 | 70 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 August | 75 | 75 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 September | 175 | 170 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 October | 285 | 285 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 November | 145 | 140 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2015 December | 150 | 150 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Albanian | 2016 January* | 235 | 230 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 February | 15 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 March | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 April | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 May | 10 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 June | 15 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 July | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 August | 10 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 September | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 October | 15 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 November | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2015 December | 20 | 15 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Armenian | 2016 January* | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 February | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 March | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 April | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 May | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 June | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 July | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 August | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 September | 10 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 October | 10 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 November | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2015 December | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Azerbaijani | 2016 January* | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 February | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 March | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 April | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 May | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 June | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 July | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 August | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 September | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 October | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 November | 20 | 20 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2015 December | 45 | 45 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Bosnian | 2016 January* | 20 | 20 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 February | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 March | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 April | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 May | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 June | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 July | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 August | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 September | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 October | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 November | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2015 December | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Burundian | 2016 January* | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 February | 60 | 60 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 March | 30 | 30 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 April | 15 | 15 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 May | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 June | 25 | 25 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 July | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 August | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 September | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 October | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 November | 15 | 15 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2015 December | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Chinese | 2016 January* | 15 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Congolese | 2015 February | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Congolese | 2015 March | 10 | 10 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Congolese | 2015 April | 5 | 5 |
| Total male and female, including unknown | Total age | Congolese | 2015 May | 5 | 5 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
Table explanation
This table provides data on numbers of asylum requests per month, quarter and year, broken down by citizenship, sex and age group ( up to 18 years and 18 years and older) of the asylum seeker. Apart from the total number of requests the number of first requests is also included. The table has been discontinued because these figures can also be found in table Asielverzoeken en nareizigers; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (Dutch only).
Data available from: 2007 until 2016.
Status of the figures:
At the end of the calendar year, all figures for that year will be replaced by final figures. The displayed figures relate to asylum seekers who are formally identified and registered.
Provisional figures in this table will not be replaced by final figures.
Changes as of March 29 2016:
None, the table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table will be followed up by Asielverzoeken en nareizigers; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (Dutch only).
Description topics
- Total asylum requests
- Requests for asylum are submitted by persons who have left their own country for various reasons in order to seek protection or asylum in another country. Figures until December 2012 are included family members, figures from January 2013 are without family members.
- First asylum requests
- An asylum seeker may submit more than one request. For example, in the situation that there are new relevant facts, a subsequent request may be submitted. Figures until December 2012 are included family members, figures from January 2013 are without family members.