Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2025, Netherlands's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 55.4% compared to 2024, reaching 8,120.

Netherlands accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 506,860.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 62.6% (from 4,995 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.