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Last year's inflow asylum seekers into EU more than 40 percent up from 2013
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...
Largest number of asylum seekers since first half of 2001
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,...
Considerable increase asylum seekers from Syria and Somalia
Last year, 14.4 thousand asylum seekers came to the Netherlands, nearly 5 thousand more than in 2012. Among the asylum seekers arriving in the Netherlands in 2013 were more Syrians and Somali women...
Fewer people work against the clock
In 2003, 28 percent of workers in the Netherlands had to work under pressure on a regular basis. This percentage has been decreasing since 1999, for both part-time and full-time workers. The...