Fewer immigrants came to the Netherlands during coronavirus
3 years, 5 months ago

Fewer immigrants came to the Netherlands during coronavirus

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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 the numbers in January and February were still down, in March, April and May, more people moved to the Netherlands than in those months in 2020.

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Number of "recent immigrants" in Amsterdam doubled in ten years; Most from Italy, UK, US
8 months ago

Number of "recent immigrants" in Amsterdam doubled in ten years; Most from Italy, UK, US

NL Times  

The number of Amsterdam residents who are recent immigrants - born abroad and moved to the Netherlands in the past ten years - doubled between 2013 and 2023. In 2013, recent immigrants mainly moved to the Netherlands from Suriname, Morocco, and Turkey. Recent immigrants mainly live in private rental housing - a third in 2013 and half in 2023. The …

The Netherlands ordered 275 British nationals to leave last year
11 months, 1 week 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
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Coronavirus pandemic slowed Dutch population growth
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic slowed Dutch population growth

NL Times  

The coronavirus pandemic slowed down the growth of the Dutch population. At one point, growth was halved because more people died than were born and because fewer people could move to the Netherlands, Statistics Netherlands reported. The whole world was in lockdown, and migration - the Netherlands’ primary source of population growth - came to a standstill. In a review …

Refugee numbers top 10,600 in Q3, led by Syrians and Afghans
2 years, 1 month ago

Refugee numbers top 10,600 in Q3, led by Syrians and Afghans

Dutch News  

Over 10,600 people made a first request for asylum status in the Netherlands in the third quarter of this year, according to figures from the immigration service IND. The largest group – 4,600 – came from Syria, followed by nearly 1,000 people from Afghanistan and 935 from Turkey, national statistics agency CBS said, citing figures sourced from the IND. More …

Dutch holidaymakers see more fatal accidents this year
2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch holidaymakers see more fatal accidents this year

NL Times  

As holidaymakers resume their travels after two years of coronavirus restrictions, more Dutch people are also dying abroad than in years past. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that 332 Dutch people have died while traveling abroad so far this year. In comparison, the number of Dutch people who died abroad up to and including August was 283 last …

More NL residents leaving Randstad for smaller town life
2 years, 4 months ago

More NL residents leaving Randstad for smaller town life

NL Times  

More and more Netherlands residents are leaving the Randstad to live elsewhere in the country. Last year, just over 75,000 people moved from the Randstad to a municipality outside it. In that year, just over 48,000 Randstad residents moved to a municipality elsewhere in the country. At the same time, the annual number of Netherlands residents who move to the …

Netherlands population numbers boosted by Ukrainian refugees
2 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands population numbers boosted by Ukrainian refugees

NL Times  

The number of residents of the Netherlands grew strongly in the past six months. In the first half of 2022, the number of Netherlands residents increased by almost 120,000, Statistics Netherlands reported. That is nearly the same as the combined population growth in the first half of 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. About 195,200 people moved to the Netherlands in …

More NL residents traveling as Covid restrictions disappear globally: ING
2 years, 7 months ago

More NL residents traveling as Covid restrictions disappear globally: ING

NL Times  

Netherlands residents are traveling more and further now that coronavirus restrictions for international travel have been lifted. The number of travel insurance policies taken out has increased by half since the turn of the year compared to the same period in 2021, ING concluded from its own data and that of insurer Nationale-Nederlanden. The number of insurance policies sold has …

People with low incomes 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid than the rich
2 years, 8 months ago

People with low incomes 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid than the rich

Dutch News  

People living in institutional care were the most vulnerable to dying from coronavirus during the first year of the pandemic, but in the population at large, people with low incomes were 2.5 times more likely to die than the highest income group, national statistics office CBS said on Tuesday. ‘People with low incomes die earlier than high earners for a …

People with low incomes 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid than the rich
2 years, 8 months ago

People with low incomes 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid than the rich

Dutch News  

People living in institutional care were the most vulnerable to dying from coronavirus during the first year of the pandemic, but in the population at large, people with low incomes were 2.5 times more likely to die than the highest income group, national statistics office CBS said on Tuesday. ‘People with low incomes die earlier than high earners for a …

Foreign tourism in NL 69% lower than pre-Covid
2 years, 10 months ago

Foreign tourism in NL 69% lower than pre-Covid

NL Times  

The number of foreign tourists who visited the Netherlands last year was even lower than in the first coronavirus year. Compared to 2019, the last year before the coronavirus, international tourism was 69 percent lower. 26 million Dutch tourists vacationed in the Netherlands last year, 30 percent more than in 2020 and equal to pre-Covid levels. If restrictions continue to …

Over 100,000 positive Covid tests in Netherlands next week: ECDC
3 years, 1 month ago

Over 100,000 positive Covid tests in Netherlands next week: ECDC

NL Times  

The number of positive coronavirus tests in the Netherlands will continue to rise, the European health service ECDC expects. It calculates that 616 out of every 100,000 Netherlands residents will probably learn that they are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus during the next calendar week. The Netherlands will likely be among some countries in the European Economic Area with the …

Dutch coronavirus average tops 3,000 with virus spreading as fast as in early July
3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch coronavirus average tops 3,000 with virus spreading as fast as in early July

NL Times  

Coronavirus infections in the Netherlands are up around 50 percent this week, with the seven-day moving average at 3,020 on Thursday. Additionally, the basic reproduction number also rose back to a point not seen since the first week of July, when the true scale of the Delta variant's infectiveness became clear. The R number reached 1.26 on September 30, meaning …

Two millionth coronavirus infection recorded in the Netherlands; 7-day average falls
3 years, 2 months ago

Two millionth coronavirus infection recorded in the Netherlands; 7-day average falls

NL Times  

The Netherlands passed the unfortunate milestone of two million positive coronavirus tests registered on Wednesday. That brought the seven-day average back down one percent to 1,676, the lowest since July 7. The average was 10 percent lower compared to last Wednesday, and 30 percent lower than the week before. The daily total of Rotterdam was about a quarter above average, …

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019

Dutch News  

The Dutch tourism and convention board NBTC is expecting 5.4 million foreign visitors will come to the Netherlands last year, which would be down just over a quarter on the 2020 figure. ‘The forecasts sketch a more dramatic picture than we had earlier this year,’ NBTC director Jos Vranken said. ‘This is because of the continuing restrictions on travel and …

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019

Dutch News  

The Dutch tourism and convention board NBTC is expecting 5.4 million foreign visitors will come to the Netherlands last year, which would be down just over a quarter on the 2020 figure. ‘The forecasts sketch a more dramatic picture than we had earlier this year,’ NBTC director Jos Vranken said. ‘This is because of the continuing restrictions on travel and …

Fewer foreign tourists expected than in Covid-year 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer foreign tourists expected than in Covid-year 2020

NL Times  

A total of 5.4 million foreign tourists will visit the Netherlands this year - over a quarter less than pandemic year 2020 and 73 percent less than in 2019, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism & Congresses said on Monday. The NBTC is hoping for more foreign tourists next year, but expects that foreign tourism will remain at the same level …

Dutch coronavirus daily average tops 2,500; Covid hospital total down slightly
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch coronavirus daily average tops 2,500; Covid hospital total down slightly

NL Times  

The Netherlands recorded 2,863 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the most reported in a single day since August 6. Another 164 people tested positive in Rotterdam, about 19 percent above average, and 120 infections were found in The Hague, 20 percent above average. Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 674 people with Covid-19 on Wednesday afternoon, a single-day decrease of …

Every un-vaccinated person will eventually get Covid: RIVM boss
3 years, 4 months ago

Every un-vaccinated person will eventually get Covid: RIVM boss

NL Times  

Public health institute RIVM expects that the coronavirus will continue to circulate in the Netherlands. "As a result, we expect that everyone who has not been vaccinated will sooner or later get the virus and may become ill," RIVM director Jaap van Dissel said in a parliamentary briefing on the current state of affairs around the pandemic, NOS reports. "Then …

Dutch coronavirus positivity rate edges towards 15%; Over 3,400 travelers test positive
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch coronavirus positivity rate edges towards 15%; Over 3,400 travelers test positive

NL Times  

The percentage of people who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the Netherlands rose for the second straight week to the highest point in a month. By the week ending July 20, an estimated 15.4 percent of people who scheduled their own coronavirus test with the GGD tested positive for the infection, according to corrected data from the RIVM. …

Notably fewer highly-skilled immigrants from outside of the EU in 2020
3 years, 5 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 …

Dutch coronavirus average falls below 9,000; Hospital total rises
3 years, 5 months ago

Dutch coronavirus average falls below 9,000; Hospital total rises

NL Times  

Public health agency RIVM revealed 6,301 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, the lowest in two weeks. Utrecht's average has fallen by 60 percent to 207, with 140 new infections reported on Thursday. That brought the moving daily average up to 66, with nine people daily sent straight to the ICU. The current hospital total includes 107 people in intensive care, …

Indian nationals in the Netherlands target 'devasting' Covid back home
3 years, 6 months ago

Indian nationals in the Netherlands target 'devasting' Covid back home

Dutch News  

Indian nationals in the Netherlands are watching the spread of coronavirus back home with dread as the death toll mounts. ‘I have lost several of my colleagues in the past six months and three of them are from my own team,’ says Lahiri, who has lived in the Netherlands for the past 20 years. ‘Apart from illness and death, they …

Netherlands no longer on EU's coronavirus Code Red list; Covid-19 patient total below 400
3 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands no longer on EU's coronavirus Code Red list; Covid-19 patient total below 400

NL Times  

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control downgraded its coronavirus warnings for the Netherlands on Thursday, reducing the alert to the orange level for most of the country. A dataset provided by the ECDC showed that the national coronavirus positivity rate in the Netherlands has fallen to 3.02 percent, on its own enough to reduce the alert level nationally. …

The Netherlands is set to loosen most Covid restrictions but it's still Code Red to the EU
3 years, 6 months ago

The Netherlands is set to loosen most Covid restrictions but it's still Code Red to the EU

NL Times  

The Netherlands is rumored to be close to relaxing most coronavirus restrictions in the country, with a press conference Friday night set to update the public on coronavirus policy. The first is by having fewer than 200 people per 100 thousand residents test positive for the coronavirus infection at a rate of less than four percent of all those tested …

Dutch tourism office wants free coronavirus tests for arriving tourists
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch tourism office wants free coronavirus tests for arriving tourists

NL Times  

The Dutch office for tourism NBTC thinks the government should compensate tourists arriving in the Netherlands for the coronavirus test they had to do before coming to the country. A preliminary cost-benefit analysis showed that every euro the Netherlands spends on covering the costs of these tests, will be amply recouped by the money tourists spend in the country, NBTC …

Government urged to help vaccinate Dutch citizens abroad
3 years, 6 months ago

Government urged to help vaccinate Dutch citizens abroad

Dutch News  

A Dutch expats’ group has called on the government not to overlook people living in countries with high coronavirus infections in its vaccine planning. SNBN has written to foreign affairs minister Sigrid Kaag, infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, the parliamentary health committee and Dutch MEPs urging them not to neglect citizens living abroad. Therefore we would like to see the …

Ethnic minority Amsterdammers harder hit by coronavirus, according to report
3 years, 7 months ago

Ethnic minority Amsterdammers harder hit by coronavirus, according to report

Dutch News  

Evidence has emerged that the coronavirus is disproportionately fatal to Dutch people from certain ethnic minorities, amid calls for more information from government in different languages. Research published on Thursday by Amsterdam city council broke down death rates, comparing people of Dutch origin and those with other ethnic origins, including ‘those from countries with lower incomes’. The research points out …

Migrant workers in Netherlands largely excluded from Covid-19 vaccination program
3 years, 7 months ago

Migrant workers in Netherlands largely excluded from Covid-19 vaccination program

NL Times  

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who live in the Netherlands are currently not eligible to get vaccinated against Covid 19, due to them not being registered with the municipality where they reside, newspaper Trouw reported with investigative journalism Investico. After reaching out to the government for guidance, a representative told him, “Only people that are registered in the Personal …

Dutch holidaymakers on Curacao urged to return, as coronavirus cases mount
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch holidaymakers on Curacao urged to return, as coronavirus cases mount

Dutch News  

Dutch nationals holidaying on Curacao, or working as interns there, are being urged to return to the Netherlands as quickly as possible because of the mounting coronavirus crisis on the Caribbean island. The situation on the island is ‘very worrying’ and medical care cannot be guaranteed, the Dutch diplomatic mission on the island said in a post on Facebook. Now, …

Expats in NL worried about work, mental health during pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Expats in NL worried about work, mental health during pandemic

NL Times  

The coronavirus pandemic was a blow to most everyone, and it especially affected the expat community in the Netherlands, according to a survey by the International Community Advisory Platform among 2,350 people from 104 different countries living in the Netherlands. 24 percent of respondents said they knew of "one or two" expats who did leave the country, but most only …

Dutch repatriated 50,000 people stranded abroad by coronavirus in 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

Dutch repatriated 50,000 people stranded abroad by coronavirus in 2020

Dutch News  

Dutch diplomatic missions helped repatriate 50,000 people stranded in foreign countries because of coronavirus last year, the foreign affairs ministry said on Wednesday. In some cases, that involved delivering essential medicine because people were stuck for longer periods abroad. Foreign affairs minister Stef Blok said that he and others are working behind the scenes to work out how people can …

Over 50,000 stranded Dutch repatriated last year
3 years, 11 months ago

Over 50,000 stranded Dutch repatriated last year

NL Times  

As a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to repatriate over 50 thousand Dutch people who got stranded abroad last year. Thousands of Dutch people got stranded abroad when international air travel was suddenly brought to a halt by the pandemic in March 2020. A total of 4,218 Dutch people contacted the Ministry for …

Covid caused temporary dip in NL population growth
4 years ago

Covid caused temporary dip in NL population growth

NL Times  

The Dutch population will continue to grow in the next 50 years, despite a dip this year caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Statistics Netherlands reported on Wednesday. This year, the Dutch population growth is expected to amount to 63 thousand more people living in the Netherlands than the start of the year. The lower growth is completely due to the …

Coronavirus halves population growth, as new immigrants stay away
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus halves population growth, as new immigrants stay away

Dutch News  

The population of the Netherlands grew by 54,000 in the first nine months of this year, almost half the 102,000 growth recorded in the first three quarters of 2019, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. The decline is due both to more people dying in the first half of the year and a downturn in the number …

Netherlands coronavirus cases soar by another 5,831; Covid hospital admissions jump
4 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands coronavirus cases soar by another 5,831; Covid hospital admissions jump

NL Times  

The Netherlands registered 5,831 new cases of people becoming infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on Thursday, early data from the RIVM showed. Covid-19 patient total hits 1,070; Netherlands looks to Germany for help Dutch hospitals were treating 1,070 people for Covid-19 on Thursday, an increase of 49. The day's hospital total included 228 patients in intensive care, an increase of …

New Dutch coronavirus infections top 4,000; Covid-19 hospital patients up 9% with more expected
4 years, 2 months ago

New Dutch coronavirus infections top 4,000; Covid-19 hospital patients up 9% with more expected

NL Times  

The Netherlands recorded 4,007 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, breaking the record set one day earlier by 35. “Based on the infection figures, we expect the number of hospital admissions to increase further over the coming days.” In total, the RIVM reported 34 percent more infections of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus than last Sunday. Instead there was a daily average increase …

Dutch coronavirus deaths double in a week, as new infections fall
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch coronavirus deaths double in a week, as new infections fall

NL Times  

The official weekly report from Dutch public health agency RIVM showed that the number of Covid-19 deaths reported for the week ending Tuesday was double the previous week's total. About 2.1 percent of all 140,551 people tested for the virus in the past week gave a positive result. Testing for the coronavirus strain began to increase dramatically​ on June 1, …

Amsterdammers leaving the city as coronavirus infections rise
4 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdammers leaving the city as coronavirus infections rise

NL Times  

After years of growth, Amsterdam's population has been shrinking since the start of the coronavirus. With fewer expats and international students coming to the city, and more Amsterdam residents moving to quieter, less crowded places, the Dutch capital seems to have lost its appeal, Het Parool reports. Since the coronavirus outbreak in March, the Amsterdam population decreased by almost 4 …

Covid-19: Over 300 people refused entry to Netherlands
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: Over 300 people refused entry to Netherlands

NL Times  

In the first seven months of this year, the Koninklijke Marechaussee refused nearly a thousand people entry to the Netherlands. 302 of them were turned away due to coronavirus related travel restrictions, De Telegraaf reported based on figures from the Marechaussee. "We have our hands full with the refusals and investigations at the borer because of the Covid-19 rules," spokesperson …

Dutch weekly coronavirus report shows 35% rise in new infections
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch weekly coronavirus report shows 35% rise in new infections

NL Times  

Last week, public health agency RIVM determined that another 1,329 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus, the viral infection which causes respiratory illness Covid-19. The total was more than double the amount of new infections discovered in the first week of July, and a 35 percent increase over the previous week's total of 987, the RIVM said on …

Tourist numbers will slump this year, as coronavirus fears keep holidaymakers away
4 years, 5 months ago

Tourist numbers will slump this year, as coronavirus fears keep holidaymakers away

Dutch News  

The Dutch tourism board expects the number of foreign tourists visiting the Netherlands this year to slump from the forecast 21 million to around six million because of the impact of coronavirus. The organisation’s latest survey shows that two in five Dutch people planning a holiday this year will stay in the Netherlands, but most are keen to avoid busy …

Thousands of Brits Embark on Dutch Citizenship Journey
6 years, 10 months ago

Thousands of Brits Embark on Dutch Citizenship Journey

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A significant number of British citizens have recently applied for Dutch nationality, with the number of applicants surging since the UK voted to leave Europe. In the first eight months of 2017, 150 people made the switch, with 86,000 people with British nationality currently living in the Netherlands, of whom 47,000 are first generation migrants. The process of applying to …

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