Most Eritrean and Syrian asylum seekers from 2015 now live in the Netherlands
Every year, on behalf of the Ministries of Social Affairs and Employment and Justice and Security, CBS investigates how asylum seekers who have arrived in the Netherlands since 2014 are doing. This report highlights the Syrians and Eritreans who applied for asylum in 2015, or who received a residence permit in 2015 (status holders).
Nearly 7 in 10 asylum applications from Syrian or Eritrean
In 2015 there was a peak in the number of asylum seekers who came to the Netherlands. In 2015, 29.7 thousand people of Syrian nationality and 7.9 thousand people of Eritrean nationality applied for asylum in the Netherlands. That was 55 percent and 15 percent of asylum applications in that year. In the years that followed, many asylum applications were made by people with the Syrian authorities of Eritrean nationality. In part, these were changes that followed.
2014 | 13.260 | 3.960 | 9.565 |
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2015 | 29,700 | 7.890 | 16,690 |
2016 | 12,775 | 2,990 | 15.570 |
2017 | 17,960 | 4,800 | 13.310 |
2018 | 7.240 | 4.750 | 18.225 |
2019 | 7.005 | 3.280 | 19.575 |
2020 | 7.570 | 2.485 | 12.115 |
First half 2021 | 4.080 | 0.855 | 4,130 |
1)asylum seekers and relatives |
After a year, more than 6 out of 10 from asylum care
In 2016, a year after the asylum application was submitted, 67 percent of Syrian and 61 percent of Eritrean asylum seekers and family members traveling afterward lived independently in a Dutch municipality. Of the people with other nationalities, 16 percent had settled in a municipality one year after the asylum application. Of these with various nationalities, 42 percent were no longer in the Netherlands after a year, and 42 percent were still in the asylum reception center of the Central Organ (COA), usually without a residence permit. In this group of companies there are many people whose asylum application has been recognised.
Another four and a half years later, 93 percent of Syrian asylum seekers and 95 percent of Eritrean asylum seekers and relatives who died in 2015 no longer arrived at the asylum but instead arrived independently. A small part had later left the Netherlands: 7 percent of the Syrians and 5 percent of the Eritreans. Of the other nationalities who died in 2015, 42 percent were living independently in the Netherlands in mid-2021. Just over half (52 percent) had left.
After 12 months | |||||
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Syrian | 67.3 | 25.2 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
Eritrean | 60.7 | 34.3 | 1,8 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
Others | 16.0 | 7.5 | 34.3 | 42.3 | 0.0 |
After 66 months | |||||
Syrian | 92.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
Eritrean | 95.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
Others | 41.8 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 52.4 | 0.3 |
1)COA: Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers |
More Syrians than Eritreans naturalized
In 2015, 21.7 thousand Syrians, 6.3 thousand Eritreans and 4.9 thousand people of other nationalities received a residence permit and were granted status holders. Five and a half years later, 41 percent of the Syrian and 11 percent of the Eritrean status holders had naturalized as Dutch nationals. Naturalization is possible if someone has lived here for five years and has passed the civic integration exam. Syrian asylum seekers passed the Eritrean asylum seekers exam faster and faster.
Syrian | 71.2 | 24.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 |
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Eritrean | 54.8 | 30.9 | 11.2 | 3.1 |
Others | 64.8 | 27.0 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
Fewer benefit recipients after year
Of the asylum seekers who received a residence permit in 2015, 53 percent of Syrians and 64 percent of Eritrean permits had benefits as a source of income a year later. Four years later, that percentage dropped to 32 percent and later 37 percent. In particular, the shareholder that has a source of income is one year, to more than 30 percent five years after obtaining the residence permit. Differences in main source of income are mainly related to differences in the age structure of the different nationalities. Such is the share among the Eritrean status holders.
After 12 months | ||||||
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Syrian | 53.44 | 0.48 | 41.48 | 3.09 | 1.48 | 0.02 |
Eritrean | 63.85 | 0.40 | 26.42 | 7.98 | 1.36 | 0.00 |
Others | 51.69 | 1.74 | 35.28 | 3.69 | 7.49 | 0.10 |
After 60 months | ||||||
Syrian | 31.85 | 17.53 | 42.34 | 5.38 | 2.86 | 0.02 |
Eritrean | 37.24 | 30.38 | 25.84 | 3.59 | 2.95 | 0.00 |
Others | 31.52 | 20.64 | 34.39 | 4.11 | 9.34 | 0.00 |