Deportations up 4% in the Netherlands in 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

Deportations up 4% in the Netherlands in 2024

NL Times  

Nearly 6,000 individuals without residency rights left the Netherlands in 2024, according to figures released by Dienst Terugkeer en Vertrek. A total of 5,990 people were confirmed to have left the country, with 54 percent departing voluntarily and 46 perent through forced removals. DTenV emphasized that its primary goal is to encourage voluntary departures, though forced removals are implemented when necessary in collaboration with the Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen, Koninklijke Marechaussee, police, and destination countries. Of the total departures in 2024, 3,710 individuals returned to their countries of origin, while 1,740 were transferred to other European countries under the Dublin Regulation.

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EU taking on Dutch idea for asylum deportation center outside Europe
2 weeks, 5 days ago

EU taking on Dutch idea for asylum deportation center outside Europe

NL Times  

The European Union is moving toward allowing asylum deportation centers outside its borders, a policy long pushed by the Netherlands, according to the Telegraaf. The plan to create "return hubs" was presented by European Commissioner Magnus Brunner on Tuesday, which he referred to as "the missing piece" in European asylum and immigration policy. The return hubs measure aims to establish …

Fewer Europeans, Indians moved to the Netherlands last year
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Fewer Europeans, Indians moved to the Netherlands last year

Dutch News  

The population of the Netherlands grew by 103,000 last year to 18.05 million, and the increase was due entirely to migration, national statistics office CBS said on Thursday. At the same time, fewer people moved to the Netherlands from abroad, and more people left than in 2023, slowing the growth overall, the new figures show. Fewer people moved to the …

More people were deported from the Netherlands last year
2 months, 1 week ago

More people were deported from the Netherlands last year

Dutch News  

In total, 2,750 people were forcibly deported from the Netherlands last year, and a further 3,240 left with government assistance, according to new figures from the deportation department DTenV. Of the 2024 total, 1,740 returned to another EU country under the Dublin treaty, which requires asylum seekers to request asylum in the first European country they arrive in. Some 960 …

Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sharp drop in refugees applying for asylum in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The number of asylum requests made in the Netherlands fell sharply to almost 45,600 last year, Trouw reported on Tuesday. In 2023, 50,660 people requested asylum in the Netherlands, and in 2022, at the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic which shut down international travel, there were 48,600 requests. Family members applying to join people already granted refugee status in …

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year
1 year, 2 months ago

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year

Dutch News  

The Netherlands ordered more British nationals to leave the country in the first nine months of 2023 than any other EU member state, according to data compiled by EU statistics office Eurostat. Last year, it emerged that 615 British nationals had been told to leave the Netherlands between 2021 and the third quarter of 2022, but just 10 were actually …

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year
1 year, 2 months ago

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year

Dutch News  

The Netherlands ordered more British nationals to leave the country in the first nine months of 2023 than any other EU member state, according to data compiled by EU statistics office Eurostat. Last year, it emerged that 615 British nationals had been told to leave the Netherlands between 2021 and the third quarter of 2022, but just 10 were actually …

Notably fewer highly-skilled immigrants from outside of the EU in 2020
3 years, 8 months ago

Notably fewer highly-skilled immigrants from outside of the EU in 2020

NL Times  

The number of immigrants that came to the Netherlands in 2020 from outside the EU fell by nearly 30 thousand to 61.7 thousand, Statistics Netherlands reported. Immigrants from inside the EU also decreased last year by 15 thousand, dropping down to a total of 109 thousand. In 2019, 35 percent of EU immigrants stated work-related reasons as the main motive …

Fewer immigrants came to the Netherlands during coronavirus
3 years, 8 months ago

Fewer immigrants came to the Netherlands during coronavirus

Dutch News  

Fewer people moved to the Netherlands during the pandemic than in previous years and coronavirus really kept non-EU nationals away, national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. In 2020, 171,000 people without Dutch nationality moved to the Netherlands, 44,000 fewer than in 2019. Some 50,000 Dutch people returned home, but that is nearly 5,000 fewer people than in 2019. While …

Immigration halves, fewer Indians and Poles move to the Netherlands
4 years, 10 months ago

Immigration halves, fewer Indians and Poles move to the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Immigration to the Netherlands has more than halved in the weeks following the implementation of measures to halt the spread of coronavirus, according to new research from national statistics agency CBS. On average 2,200 people are now registering with town halls every week, down from 5,200 before the measures were brought in. The biggest decline was in people from Syria …

Immigration halves, fewer Indians and Poles move to the Netherlands
4 years, 10 months ago

Immigration halves, fewer Indians and Poles move to the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Immigration to the Netherlands has more than halved in the weeks following the implementation of measures to halt the spread of coronavirus, according to new research from national statistics agency CBS. On average 2,200 people are now registering with town halls every week, down from 5,200 before the measures were brought in. The biggest decline was in people from Syria …

Netherlands population rises to 17.2 million on immigration, Dutch re-patriation
7 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands population rises to 17.2 million on immigration, Dutch re-patriation

NL Times  

The population of the Netherlands hit 17.2 million officially registered residents at the turn of the new year, an increase of 100 thousand from a year earlier. Roughly ten percent of the 220 thousand people who immigrated to the Netherlands in 2017 had a Dutch passport at the time of registration, according to a data table provided by the CBS. …

Dutch government struggling to expel foreign criminals
7 years, 8 months ago

Dutch government struggling to expel foreign criminals

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is falling short of its targets to deport foreigners who are convicted of crimes despite tightening up the law five years ago. The immigration service IND said 80 migrants were removed from the country last year after acquiring a criminal record, far fewer than the justice ministry’s estimate of 475 when it changed the rules in 2012. …

Dutch government struggling to expel foreign criminals
7 years, 8 months ago

Dutch government struggling to expel foreign criminals

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is falling short of its targets to deport foreigners who are convicted of crimes despite tightening up the law five years ago. The immigration service IND said 80 migrants were removed from the country last year after acquiring a criminal record, far fewer than the justice ministry’s estimate of 475 when it changed the rules in 2012. …

Dutch officials have no idea if refused asylum seekers have actually left
7 years, 11 months ago

Dutch officials have no idea if refused asylum seekers have actually left

Dutch News  

Officials have ‘no idea’ if the 8,100 people who were refused recognition as refugees last year have actually left the country, the AD said on Tuesday. The Dutch immigration service IND published its annual report on Monday which showed 31,600 asylum seekers came to the country in 2016 but only 54% were given official approval. Of the people who were …

Asylum claims down by nearly half in 2016
7 years, 11 months ago

Asylum claims down by nearly half in 2016

Dutch News  

The number of asylum seekers arriving in the Netherlands almost halved in 2016 – but family reunions increased in relative terms, new figures from the immigration service show. New asylum seekers accounted for 18,170 of all applications, while 11,810 came from relatives of refugees who were already in the Netherlands. The repatriation service Dienst Terugkeer en Vertrek recorded 17,000 departures …

Nearly 23,000 foreigners told to leave the Netherlands this year: minister
8 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 23,000 foreigners told to leave the Netherlands this year: minister

Dutch News  

This year some 22,880 foreign nationals have been ordered to leave the Netherlands, of whom 47% have gone under their own steam, junior immigration minister Klaas Dijkhoff told radio show Dit is de Dag on Monday evening. The rest left the country under supervision, Dijkhoff said, adding that he could not prove that the thousands who were told to go …

Netherlands deports more criminal immigrants
8 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands deports more criminal immigrants

NL Times  

While the deportion of failed asylum seekers is still a slow and often difficult process, the Netherlands is very successful in deporting immigrants after they committed a crime, according to figures from the Ministry of Security and Justice, AD reports. In 2011 the Netherlands deported 72 percent of immigrants that committed a crime - 570 of the 795 persons. "There …

Hundreds of asylum seekers fleeing the Netherlands
8 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of asylum seekers fleeing the Netherlands

NL Times  

Since November 2015, about 400 Syrian and Iraqi refugees have stated that they wish to leave the Netherlands. The majority of these refugees have still not started the asylum procedure, according to a report by BNR based on statistics from the repatriation and departure service in the Netherlands. John Van Tilburg, manager of INLIA, the interdenominational organization for asylum seekers …

Refugee stream continues to tail off, fewer arrive in May than a year ago
8 years, 9 months ago

Refugee stream continues to tail off, fewer arrive in May than a year ago

Dutch News  

The number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands fell to 1,430 in May, half the figure of May 2015 but 105 up on April, according to national statistics office CBS. Of that total, 360 were family members joining close relatives who have been given residency permits, the CBS said. In January, the Netherlands reached a deal with the Albanian …

Refugee stream continues to tail off, fewer arrive in May than a year ago
8 years, 9 months ago

Refugee stream continues to tail off, fewer arrive in May than a year ago

Dutch News  

The number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands fell to 1,430 in May, half the figure of May 2015 but 105 up on April, according to national statistics office CBS. Of that total, 360 were family members joining close relatives who have been given residency permits, the CBS said. In January, the Netherlands reached a deal with the Albanian …

Four in 10 refugee deportations are called off at last minute
8 years, 10 months ago

Four in 10 refugee deportations are called off at last minute

Dutch News  

Almost 40% of the deportations of refugees who have lost their appeals to stay in the Netherlands are called off at the last minute, the NRC says on Wednesday. Missing Last November, broadcaster Nos said that 4,000 of the 8,000 asylum seekers who had lost their claim to refugee status in the Netherlands in 2015, returned to their country of …

Four in 10 refugee deportations are called off at last minute
8 years, 10 months ago

Four in 10 refugee deportations are called off at last minute

Dutch News  

Almost 40% of the deportations of refugees who have lost their appeals to stay in the Netherlands are called off at the last minute, the NRC says on Wednesday. Missing Last November, broadcaster Nos said that 4,000 of the 8,000 asylum seekers who had lost their claim to refugee status in the Netherlands in 2015, returned to their country of …

Asylum seeker expulsions halted in 39 percent of cases
8 years, 10 months ago

Asylum seeker expulsions halted in 39 percent of cases

NL Times  

Nearly 40 percent of failed asylum seeker deportations were cancelled at the last moment last year - a 10 percent increase compared to 2013, NRC reports based on figures received from the Ministry of Security and Justice. Last year 1,225 of 3,165 booked plane tickets were unused because a deportation did not go through - 39 percent of the cases. …

The Netherlands can deport five Afghans, European court says
9 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands can deport five Afghans, European court says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has been given the green light to deport five Afghan men who have lived in the Netherlands for at least 15 years by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Netherlands says everyone who worked for the Soviet government in a position of responsibility was aware of human rights violations and may have been involved themselves. …

The Netherlands can deport five Afghans, European court says
9 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands can deport five Afghans, European court says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has been given the green light to deport five Afghan men who have lived in the Netherlands for at least 15 years by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Netherlands says everyone who worked for the Soviet government in a position of responsibility was aware of human rights violations and may have been involved themselves. …

More would-be refugees go home, but thousands are 'missing'
9 years, 4 months ago

More would-be refugees go home, but thousands are 'missing'

Dutch News  

Of the 8,000 asylum seekers who have lost their claim to refugee status in the Netherlands this year, 4,000 returned to their country of origin, either voluntarily or via deportation programmes, broadcaster Nos says on Thursday. The Netherlands has a policy of evicting failed asylum seekers from refugee centres if they refuse to cooperate with their deportation. Refugee organisation Vluchtelingenwerk …

More would-be refugees go home, but thousands are 'missing'
9 years, 4 months ago

More would-be refugees go home, but thousands are 'missing'

Dutch News  

Of the 8,000 asylum seekers who have lost their claim to refugee status in the Netherlands this year, 4,000 returned to their country of origin, either voluntarily or via deportation programmes, broadcaster Nos says on Thursday. The Netherlands has a policy of evicting failed asylum seekers from refugee centres if they refuse to cooperate with their deportation. Refugee organisation Vluchtelingenwerk …

Netherlands to take in 7,214 more refugees in new EU redistribution plan
9 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands to take in 7,214 more refugees in new EU redistribution plan

NL Times  

The European Commission has set up a new distribution formula for the redistribution of 120 asylum seekers across the European Union countries. To give these countries some relief, the Commission wants to redistribute 120 thousand asylum seekers to the remaining EU Member states over the next two years. The formula takes into account the population, the national income, the number …

Researchers say 1,497 people have gone missing in the Netherlands
9 years, 10 months ago

Researchers say 1,497 people have gone missing in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

While most of the people reported to the police as missing turn up within a short space of time, 1,497 people are listed in Dutch official files as having disappeared without trace, the Volkskrant reported at the weekend. The report was compiled by the Beke crime research bureau and, for the first time, give the authorities a clear picture of …

Researchers say 1,497 people have gone missing in the Netherlands
9 years, 10 months ago

Researchers say 1,497 people have gone missing in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

While most of the people reported to the police as missing turn up within a short space of time, 1,497 people are listed in Dutch official files as having disappeared without trace, the Volkskrant reported at the weekend. The report was compiled by the Beke crime research bureau and, for the first time, give the authorities a clear picture of …

Forecast huge surge in refugees in the Netherlands fails to materialise
10 years, 3 months ago

Forecast huge surge in refugees in the Netherlands fails to materialise

Dutch News  

The huge surge in asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands forecast by justice minister Fred Teeven has failed to materialise, broadcaster Nos says on Monday. In October, Teeven said up to 65,000 people could request asylum in the Netherlands this year but the real figure is likely to remain under 25,000. Teeven said the drop in requests in the final …

Forecast huge surge in refugees in the Netherlands fails to materialise
10 years, 3 months ago

Forecast huge surge in refugees in the Netherlands fails to materialise

Dutch News  

The huge surge in asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands forecast by justice minister Fred Teeven has failed to materialise, broadcaster Nos says on Monday. In October, Teeven said up to 65,000 people could request asylum in the Netherlands this year but the real figure is likely to remain under 25,000. Teeven said the drop in requests in the final …

Dutch deportation system is failing: report
10 years, 9 months ago

Dutch deportation system is failing: report

Dutch News  

The Dutch deportation system is failing, the number of deportees is falling and the amnesty for child refugees is making things worse, according to reprt by the deportation service. The report by the CITT, the independent body in charge of supervising deportation policy, is due for publication later this week and has been leaked to the Telegraaf. ‘After six years …

Dutch deportation system is failing: report
10 years, 9 months ago

Dutch deportation system is failing: report

Dutch News  

The Dutch deportation system is failing, the number of deportees is falling and the amnesty for child refugees is making things worse, according to reprt by the deportation service. The report by the CITT, the independent body in charge of supervising deportation policy, is due for publication later this week and has been leaked to the Telegraaf. ‘After six years …

The Netherlands leads the way in approving refugee requests: IND
11 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands leads the way in approving refugee requests: IND

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is more likely to give asylum seekers residency papers than the rest of the European Union, according to the head of the Dutch immigration service. Rob van Lint said at the presentation of the IND’s annual report on Friday the organisation does not refuse as many people asylum as is often suggested. The difference is partly due to …

The Netherlands leads the way in approving refugee requests: IND
11 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands leads the way in approving refugee requests: IND

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is more likely to give asylum seekers residency papers than the rest of the European Union, according to the head of the Dutch immigration service. Rob van Lint said at the presentation of the IND’s annual report on Friday the organisation does not refuse as many people asylum as is often suggested. The difference is partly due to …

Fewer people move to Holland as the population growth slows
12 years, 1 month ago

Fewer people move to Holland as the population growth slows

Dutch News  

The number of new immigrants arriving in the Netherlands fell to 156,000 last year, just 7,000 more than the number of people leaving the country, the national statistics office CBS said on Thursday. Southern Europe, France and Thailand were popular among Dutch pensioners moving abroad, while Germany and Belgium continued to attract people of working age. Flu epidemic Excluding immigration, …

Fewer people move to Holland as the population growth slows
12 years, 1 month ago

Fewer people move to Holland as the population growth slows

Dutch News  

The number of new immigrants arriving in the Netherlands fell to 156,000 last year, just 7,000 more than the number of people leaving the country, the national statistics office CBS said on Thursday. Southern Europe, France and Thailand were popular among Dutch pensioners moving abroad, while Germany and Belgium continued to attract people of working age. Flu epidemic Excluding immigration, …

Naturalisation requests up in 2006
18 years ago

Naturalisation requests up in 2006

Dutch News  

The number of applications for Dutch nationality rose by nearly 7,000 to 28,200 last year, according to the immigration service IND annual report published on Wednesday. The long waiting list for residency permits has almost disappeared and the number of complaints about the IND fell by 25% to just under 10,000, the report said. In 2005, the government’s audit office …

Emigration hits a record 100,000 this year
18 years, 4 months ago

Emigration hits a record 100,000 this year

Dutch News  

In the first nine months of this year, 100,000 people left the Netherlands to live elsewhere, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS. By the end of the year, 130,000 people will have emigrated – a record level – the CBS said. In fact, over three years, the Dutch population will have shrunk by 75,000 due to …

Emigration hits a record 100,000 this year
18 years, 4 months ago

Emigration hits a record 100,000 this year

Dutch News  

In the first nine months of this year, 100,000 people left the Netherlands to live elsewhere, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS. By the end of the year, 130,000 people will have emigrated – a record level – the CBS said. In fact, over three years, the Dutch population will have shrunk by 75,000 due to …

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