About 770 people enter Dutch asylum system in week 43
The Ministry of Justice and Security puts the asylum inflow in week 43 at about 770, most of it first applications.
The asylum inflow in week 43 was about 770 people, according to the Ministry of Justice and Security. It was made up of 520 first asylum applications, 220 family members who followed refugees to the Netherlands (nareizigers, excluding 8 EVRM cases) and 40 other applications.
The other applications are repeat applications, resettlement and relocation. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten and are provisional, so they may differ marginally. The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) publishes final asylum figures and trends monthly on its website.
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