Statistics

Netherlands

Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 22/05/23

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Overview of statistical practice

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) publishes Asylum Trends with statistics on asylum and family reunification applications on a monthly basis.[1] These do not indicate decisions on asylum applications, however. While this report provides some statistical information on the year 2022, various data was not made publicly available by the time of writing of this report.

 

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2022

  Applicants in 2022 (1) Pending at end 2022 Total decisions Refugee status Subsidiary protection  

Humanitarian protection

Rejection Refugee rate Sub. Prot. rate  

Hum. Prot. rate

Rejection rate
Total 35,535 Not available 17,400 9,245 5,045 890 2,220 53,1% 29% 5,1% 12,8%
 

Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers

 

Syria Arabic Republic 12,648 6,360 3,790 2,280 75 215  59.6% 35,8% 1,2% 3,4%
Afghanistan 2,732 2,460 2,295 105 35 25 93,3% 4,2% 1,4% 1%
Turkey 2,648 2,045 1,595 0 395 55 78% 0% 19,3% 2.7%
Yemen 2,428 1,245 45 1,180 5 10 3.6% 94.8% 0,4% 0.8%
Somalia 1,457 640 40 435 20 145 6.2% 68% 3,1% 22.6%
Eritrea 1,365 470 0 380 20 80 0% 80.9% 4,3% 17%
Algeria 1,206 90 0 0 0 90 0% 0% 0% 100%
Unknown 1,113 345 175 80 30 50 50.7% 23.1% 8,7% 14.5%
Ukraine 1,060 15 5 10 0% 0% 33,3% 66.7%

 Source: Eurostat.

* Statistics on decisions cover the decisions taken throughout the year, regardless of whether they concern applications lodged that year or in previous years.

* It should be noted that rejections include inadmissibility decisions.

(1) These numbers are first time applicants. The IND, in its publication on Asylum Trends for December 2022,[2] indicates that the total number of applicants was 47,991. It should be noted that the IND includes the number of applicants entering the asylum procedure because of family reunification in the total figure, together with those of first-time and subsequent applicants. The 5 most represented countries of origin in 2022, including family reunification cases, were Syria (19,989), Turkey (3.802), Afghanistan (2,945), Yemen (2,813) and Eritrea (1,939).

 

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants*: 2022

  Number Percentage
Total number of applicants 35,536
Men 27,498 77.3%
Women 8,000 22.5%
Children 2,498 7%
Unaccompanied children 4,207* *

Source: IND Asylum Trends, December 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3lanW7u.

* The IND does not include unaccompanied minors in the total number of applicants.

 

Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022

National authorities did not provide detailed statistics on second instance decisions at the time of writing of the report.

 

 

 

[1] IND, Asylum trends, available at: http://bit.ly/3YJwEXS.

[2] IND Asylum Trends for December 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3lanW7u.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation