Netherlands Recorded 25,000 First-Time Asylum Seekers in 2021, Official Data Reveals according to news. The country’s statistics office CBS reported that about 25,000 people applied for international protection in the Netherlands in 2021.
In particular, 24,740 people applied for asylum for the first time in the country, an 80 percent increase from 2020, when many restrictions were imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s figures mark the highest level of first asylum seekers since 2015, when 43,000 people applied for international protection at the Dutch immigration authorities, the report said.
The Department of National Statistics also shows that more than 10,000 people have arrived in the country to join their family members who have received temporary permits. In addition, every third refugee in the Netherlands in 2021 was a citizen of Syria.
Then, citizens of Afghanistan, who were mainly observed in the second half of the year when the Taliban forces occupied Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Third in terms of the number of immigrants and this group were citizens of the Turkey. Almost two-thirds of the family members who came to visit a close relative with refugee status were from Syria.
However, due to the huge number of new arrivals, the Dutch authorities struggled to accommodate them. The refugees are currently living in converted gyms, boats and other temporary facilities. An estimated 35,000 people currently live in refugee centres, 11,000 of whom have received residence permits. But, cannot find a permanent home.
There were 250,792 immigrants register in the Netherlands in 2021. According to CBS statistics and 15 percent of them, or 39,243 people, were register in September. In addition, 12,370 people were register as migrants in the country in 2021.
In conclusion, the population of the Netherlands has increased by 0.6 percent 115,979 inhabitants. More than the 17,475,415 people originally registered in 2021. The largest population growth was again record in September, amounting to 30,257 people.
In particular, Statistic data shows that during the first quarter of 2021, including January, February and March, 2,529 people arrived in the Netherlands. From Poland, followed by 2,221 people from Syria and 1,282 people from Turkey.
Compared to 2020, the immigration rate was 28% for arrivals from Poland, 115.6% for arrivals from Syria and 23% for arrivals from Turkey. In addition, data from the same source shows that the immigration rate to the Netherlands has decreased by about 18 percent compared to the figures in 2019 and 2020. As the number of immigrants decreased from 269,064 to 220,853 people.
The emigration rate also dropped by more than five percent. Falling from 161,029 to 152,494, 8,535 fewer people in the country. However, the difference is noticeable in the net migration for the period 2019/2020. As there is a decrease of 36 percent from 108,035 to 68,359 people.
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