Total number of granted asylum status in the Netherlands 2010-2022, by motivation

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 3, 2025
This statistic shows the total number of accepted asylum applications in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2022, by motivation. It shows that in most years between 2010 and 2022, the majority of the asylum requests were granted based on refugee or subsidiary status. Only in 2017 and 2018, requests on humanitarian grounds formed the largest category.

Total number of accepted asylum applications in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2022, by motivation

CharacteristicRefugee status/subsidiary statusOn humanitarian grounds
2022* 17,530 12,110
2021 12,985 11,720
2020 9,200 4,850
2019 6,940 4,950
2018 5,335 7,110
2017 10,565 15,250
2016 21,990 12,260
2015 16,895 14,190
2014 12,465 6,155
2013 4,695 4,850
2012 4,315 1,605
2011 6,040 2,345
2010 5,300 3,380
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of accepted applications5,3005,3006,0406,0404,3154,3154,6954,69512,46512,46516,89516,89521,99021,99010,56510,5655,3355,3356,9406,9409,2009,20012,98512,98517,53017,5303,3803,3802,3452,3451,6051,6054,8504,8506,1556,15514,19014,19012,26012,26015,25015,2507,1107,1104,9504,9504,8504,85011,72011,72012,11012,110Refugee status/subsidiary statusOn humanitarian grounds2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022*
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Release date

June 2023

Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Figures are provisional.

According to the source asylum applicants with an accepted application receive a residence permit asylum.

Until 2011 the numbers include invited refugees (ca. 500 per year).

The source defines refugee status as the recognition of a national of another country or a stateless person as a refugee. The subsidiary status is granted to refugees who are not eligible for refugee status, but who would be in serious danger when they would return to their country of origin (death penalty, torture, arbitrary violence in conflicts). Humanitarian grounds often means that a person has had a traumatic experience.

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