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Asylum Trends

Monthly Report on Asylum Applications in The Netherlands

December 2016

IND Business Information Centre (BIC) | Asylum Trends December 2016

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Title Asylum Trends

Subtitle Monthly Report on Asylum Applications in The Netherlands Recent trends

Author Ministry of Security and JusticeImmigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)IND Business Information Centre (BIC)Dr. H. Colijnlaan 341 | 2283 XL RijswijkPostbus 5800 | 2280 HV Rijswijk

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Contents

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Asylum applications in The NetherlandsTotal asylum applications in The Netherlands 4

First asylum applications in The Netherlands 5

Repeated asylum applications in The Netherlands 6

Family reunification in The Netherlands 7

Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in The Netherlands 8

Monthly first asylum applications in The Netherlands 9

AppendixAppendix: Relocation and ResettlementAppendix: Eurostat

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Total asylum influx in the Netherlands (first applications, repeated applications, family reunification influx)Source: METiS

Top 10 Last thirteen months total asylum applications in the Netherlands

Total 2014 Total 2015

11,595 27,710

4,100 8,434

89 1,016

3,045 4,942

977 2,945

68 99

1,570 3,450

746 2,074

19 55

196 445

7,486 7,710

29,891 58,880

Country of citizenship 2015 2016 Last 12 months Perc

Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

Syrian Arab Republic 1,545 1,545 1,140 744 341 293 359 389 587 587 1,007 1,313 1,809 2,035 10,604 10,604 34%

Eritrea 376 376 259 159 141 132 151 169 289 260 291 330 344 345 2,870 2,870 9%

Albania 149 149 233 250 224 139 131 102 158 137 104 66 84 71 1,699 1,699 5%

Stateless 359 359 186 173 61 56 50 43 46 101 122 194 232 207 1,471 1,471 5%

Afghanistan 643 643 403 192 74 70 106 105 96 100 73 77 69 82 1,447 1,447 5%

Morocco 10 10 7 15 8 8 12 23 52 128 284 389 224 133 1,283 1,283 4%

Iraq 456 456 272 169 93 66 71 62 58 62 63 73 105 72 1,166 1,166 4%

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 388 388 230 146 85 79 56 55 50 70 83 71 67 45 1,037 1,037 3%

Algeria * 2 8 8 19 5 28 11 38 92 227 260 192 103 991 991 3%

Serbia 59 59 78 89 80 74 51 54 128 135 80 37 61 78 945 945 3%

Others 706 706 606 621 648 496 546 591 703 799 791 803 817 708 8,129 8,129 26%

Total 4,693 4,693 3,422 2,566 1,774 1,418 1,561 1,604 2,205 2,471 3,125 3,613 4,004 3,879 31,642 31,642 100%

* To conceal the lowest figures, all values between 0 and 4 are replaced by asterisk.

Top Total asylum applications in The NetherlandsDecember 2016

Country of citizenship %

1 Syrian Arab Republic 2,035 52%

2 Eritrea 345 9%

3 Stateless 207 5%

4 Morocco 133 3%

5 Algeria 103 3%

6 Afghanistan 82 2%

7 Serbia 78 2%

8 Iraq 72 2%

9 Albania 71 2%

10 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 67 2%

Others 686 18%

Total December 2016 3,879 100%

Top Nationalities total applications last twelve monthsPeriod: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Number of total asylum applications: 31,642

Syrian Arab Republic34%

Others43%

Eritrea9%

Albania5%

Stateless5%

Total asylum applications in The Netherlands

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First asylum applications in the NetherlandsSource: METiS

Top 10 Last thirteen months first asylum applications in the Netherlands


8,748 18,677

86 1,005

3,833 7,359

57 80

452 2,550

15 41

189 436

616 3,009

505 1,884

319 256

6,991 7,796

21,811 43,093



Syrian Arab Republic 883 883 696 335 127 87 100 80 109 109 84 138 106 187 2,158 2,158 12%

Albania 148 148 227 250 224 132 130 98 154 134 96 65 84 70 1,664 1,664 9%

Eritrea 135 135 91 69 49 57 69 98 178 172 161 193 203 157 1,497 1,497 8%

Morocco 9 9 7 14 8 * 12 22 52 128 282 389 224 129 1,271 1,271 7%

Afghanistan 625 625 383 160 50 49 55 60 54 61 45 33 41 35 1,026 1,026 6%

Algeria * * 8 7 19 5 26 11 35 90 224 260 192 103 980 980 5%

Serbia 59 59 78 89 80 74 51 53 127 135 78 36 59 78 938 938 5%

Iraq 427 427 254 147 78 36 43 49 45 41 41 52 56 46 888 888 5%

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 375 375 215 129 73 66 45 50 37 59 66 58 54 32 884 884 5%

Georgia 23 23 22 27 59 42 42 40 58 41 38 69 79 61 578 578 3%

Others 694 694 537 520 453 336 408 430 527 646 663 636 628 503 6,287 6,287 35%

Total 3,380 3,380 2,518 1,747 1,220 888 981 991 1,376 1,616 1,778 1,929 1,726 1,401 18,171 18,171 100%


Top First asylum applications in The NetherlandsDecember 2016


1 Syrian Arab Republic 187 13%

2 Eritrea 157 11%

3 Morocco 129 9%

4 Algeria 103 7%

5 Serbia 78 6%

6 Albania 70 5%

7 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 63 4%

8 Georgia 61 4%

9 Iraq 46 3%

10 Unknown 43 3%

Others 464 33%


Top Nationalities first applications last twelve monthsPeriod: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Number of first asylum applications: 18,171

Afghanistan6%


Others58%

Eritrea8%

Albania9%

Morocco7%

First asylum applications in The Netherlands

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April MayJune July

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2014 2015 2016

Cumulative development of first asylum applications in The Netherlands

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2014 2015 2016

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Repeated asylum applications in the NetherlandsSource: METiS

Top 10 Last thirteen months repeated asylum applications in The Netherlands


427 311

706 228

162 139

247 184

43 65

75 62

202 123

41 52

60 39

46 50

44 36

670 653

2,723 1,942



Afghanistan 16 16 15 25 17 17 41 39 41 33 24 42 26 38 358 358 22%

Iraq 14 14 15 12 9 10 18 11 13 12 9 16 20 11 156 156 9%

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10 10 7 10 * 8 9 * 13 11 13 10 12 11 110 110 7%

Somalia 14 14 7 14 13 * 9 6 9 * 9 14 * * 93 93 6%

Nigeria 9 9 * * 9 17 * 5 7 5 * * 12 5 75 75 5%

Eritrea * * * 12 5 5 * 5 6 5 * * 5 7 61 61 4%

Unknown 6 6 7 8 7 7 * * * 8 5 5 * * 59 59 4%

Syrian Arab Republic 6 6 * * * 11 * 8 * * * * 8 * 49 49 3%

Armenia 5 5 * * * * * 7 5 * * * 10 10 46 46 3%

Sierra Leone * * * 7 5 5 * * * * * * 7 * 45 45 3%

Sudan 8 8 5 * * * * 7 6 * * * * 7 35 35 2%

Others 45 45 48 42 38 44 41 54 60 65 42 32 45 59 570 570 34%

Total 140 140 117 136 113 129 136 151 163 148 117 133 152 162 1,657 1,657 100%


Top Repeated asylum applications in The NetherlandsDecember 2016


1 Afghanistan 38 23%

2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11 7%

3 Iraq 11 7%

4 Armenia 10 6%

5 Egypt 7 4%

6 Eritrea 7 4%

7 Sudan 7 4%

8 Mongolia 5 3%

9 Nigeria 5 3%

Others 61 38%

Total December 2016 162 100%

Top Nationalities repeated asylum applications last twelve monthsPeriod: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Number of repeated asylum applications: 1,657

Afghanistan22%

Somalia6%

Nigeria5%

Others52%

Iraq9%

Iran (Islamic Republic of)7%

Repeated asylum applications in The Netherlands

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400

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FebruaryMarch

April MayJune July

August

SeptemberOctober

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2014 2015 2016

Cumulative development of repeated asylum applications in The Netherlands

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500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

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FebruaryMarch

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August

SeptemberOctober

November

December

2014 2015 2016

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Influx of family reunification in the Netherlands (Council Directive 2003/86/EC Chapter V)Source: METiS

Top 10 Last thirteen months Influx of family reunification in The Netherlands


2,806 8,981

192 1,013

324 2,506

931 419

248 213

200 90

98 84

79 51

34 14

16 27

429 447

5,357 13,845



Syrian Arab Republic 656 656 442 408 212 195 256 301 477 475 919 1,173 1,695 1,844 8,397 8,397 71%

Eritrea 237 237 164 78 87 70 81 66 105 83 126 135 136 181 1,312 1,312 11%

Stateless 185 185 77 111 48 38 34 37 36 75 103 184 207 189 1,139 1,139 10%

Somalia 18 18 44 15 24 11 * 10 16 33 33 10 19 30 249 249 2%

Iraq 15 15 * 10 6 20 10 * * 9 13 5 29 15 122 122 1%

Unknown * * * * 14 12 * 21 * 10 6 6 12 15 102 102 1%

Afghanistan * * 5 7 7 * 10 6 * 6 * * * 9 63 63 1%

Iran (Islamic Republic of) * * 8 7 9 5 * * * * * * * * 43 43 0%

Sudan * * * * 5 10 * * * * * * * * 33 33 0%

Pakistan 9 9 7 * 5 * 8 * * * * * 5 * 31 31 0%

Others 44 44 37 41 24 35 34 17 25 14 20 28 18 30 323 323 3%

Total 1,173 1,173 787 683 441 401 444 462 666 707 1,230 1,551 2,126 2,316 11,814 11,814 100%


Top Influx of family reunification in The NetherlandsDecember 2016


1 Syrian Arab Republic 1,844 80%

2 Stateless 189 8%

3 Eritrea 181 8%

4 Somalia 30 1%

5 Iraq 15 1%

6 Unknown 15 1%

Others 42 2%


Top Nationalities Influx of family reunification last twelve monthsPeriod: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Number of influx family reunification: 11,814


Somalia2%

Others5%

Eritrea11%

Stateless10%

Iraq1%

Influx of family reunification in The Netherlands

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2014 2015 2016

Cumulative development of Influx of family reunification in The Netherlands

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2014 2015 2016

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Influx of indicated unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in the NetherlandsSource: METiS

Top 10 Unaccompanied minor asylum applications in the Netherlands

Total 2014

528

30

156

11

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6

6

16

12

49

147

962

Total 2015

1,237

533

1,458

9

*

10

23

136

26

217

209

3,859



Eritrea 20 20 26 15 10 15 32 42 92 96 76 114 142 113 773 773 45%

Afghanistan 131 131 73 42 15 8 11 9 6 7 7 * * 9 195 195 11%

Syrian Arab Republic 101 101 55 33 24 8 * * 15 5 9 8 7 9 181 181 11%

Morocco * * * * * * * 6 * 7 13 15 7 13 68 68 4%

Algeria * * * * * * * * * * 12 16 17 8 61 61 4%

Ethiopia * * * * * * * * * 12 6 6 10 * 44 44 3%

Albania * * * * * * * * * * * * * 14 38 38 2%

Iraq 22 22 14 7 * * * * * * * * * * 35 35 2%

Guinea 7 7 9 * 5 * * * * * * * 5 * 34 34 2%

Stateless 25 25 9 8 * * * * * * * * * * 28 28 2%

Others 18 18 20 13 8 19 26 9 20 24 41 27 32 11 250 250 15%

Total 329 329 208 129 71 60 83 78 140 160 169 196 231 182 1,707 1,707 100%


Top Unaccompanied minor asylum applications in The NetherlandsDecember 2016


1 Eritrea 113 62%

2 Albania 14 8%

3 Morocco 13 7%

4 Afghanistan 9 5%

5 Syrian Arab Republic 9 5%

6 Algeria 8 4%

Others 16 9%

Total December 2016 182 100%

Top Nationalities unaccompanied minor asylum applications last twelve monthsPeriod: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016Number of unaccompanied minor asylum applications: 1,707

Algeria4%

Afghanistan11%


Others25%

Eritrea45%

Morocco4%

Unaccompanied minor asylum applications in The Netherlands

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2014 2015 2016

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Monthly First Asylum Applications in The Netherlands in 2016Source: METiS

Country of citizenships

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2014

Total 2015

Total 2016

Afghanistan 383 160 50 49 55 60 54 61 45 33 41 35 452 2,550 1,026

Albania 227 250 224 132 130 98 154 134 96 65 84 70 86 1,005 1,664

Algeria 8 7 19 5 26 11 35 90 224 260 192 103 15 41 980

Angola * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 14 15

Argentina * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Armenia * * * * * 6 * * * 7 9 8 147 76 48

Austria * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Azerbaijan * * 8 * 12 * 6 * 8 * 7 6 46 33 66

Bangladesh * * * * * * * * * * * 6 11 32 21

Belarus * 5 * * * * * * * * * * 44 44 21

Belgium * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Benin * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7

Bolivia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Bosnia and Herzegovina

20 34 34 29 8 19 24 35 25 17 26 24 126 121 295

Brazil * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 5 *

Bulgaria * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Burkina Faso * * * * * * * * * * * * 9 * 11

Burundi * * * * * * * * 5 * * * 8 23 24

Cambodia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cameroon * * * * * * * * * * * * 36 27 18

Canada * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cape Verde * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Central African Republic

* * * * * * * * * * * * 6 * *

Chad * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 5

Chile * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

China (including Hong Kong)

9 6 14 12 12 6 6 * * 11 11 5 104 206 97

Colombia * * 6 * * * * * 8 7 * * 11 7 36

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

* * * * * * * * * * * * 7 * *

Congo, the Republic of the

* * 5 * * 5 5 5 13 * 6 * 73 41 50

Cote d'Ivoire * * * * * * * * * * * 5 20 16 30

Croatia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5

Cuba * * * * * * * * 6 * * 5 14 9 23

Djibouti * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Dominican Republic * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ecuador * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Egypt 6 7 6 * 7 5 * 19 13 21 11 9 94 71 112

El Salvador * * * * 5 * * * * 5 * * * * 19

Equatorial Guinea * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Eritrea 91 69 49 57 69 98 178 172 161 193 203 157 3,833 7,359 1,497

Ethiopia 7 * 8 15 7 * 5 23 20 22 25 17 93 133 156

France * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 7

Gabon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Gambia 6 7 8 5 * * 12 13 12 14 21 27 20 55 131

Georgia 22 27 59 42 42 40 58 41 38 69 79 61 319 256 578

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Total 2015

Total 2016

Germany * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Ghana * * * * * * * * * * * * 27 23 15

Greece * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 *

Guinea 25 12 11 * 6 7 * 6 * 10 15 9 67 79 111

Guinea-Bissau * * * * * * * * 7 * * * * * 11

Guyana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Haiti * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Honduras * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8 7

Hungary * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

India * 10 6 * * * 9 * 5 * * 5 18 12 45

Indonesia * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 * *

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

215 129 73 66 45 50 37 59 66 58 54 32 505 1,884 884

Iraq 254 147 78 36 43 49 45 41 41 52 56 46 616 3,009 888

Israel * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 * *

Italy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5

Jamaica 8 * * * * * * * 5 6 * * 41 68 34

Japan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Jordan * * * * * * * * 8 * * * 19 9 27

Kazakhstan * 7 * * * * * * * * 7 * 13 19 23

Kenya * * * * * * * * * * * * 15 8 6

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

* * * * * * * * * * * * 8 * *

Korea, Republic of * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 58 78 77 40 38 33 54 30 16 13 24 * 58 685 465

Kuwait * * * * * * * * * * * * * 12 8

Kyrgyzstan * * * * * * * * * * * * 9 6 9

Latvia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Lebanon 7 * 5 * * 10 8 * * 6 * 6 33 70 55

Liberia * * * * * * * * * * * * 12 5 11

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 6 9 10 * 10 16 16 36 41 75 57 63 102 69 341

Lithuania * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Madagascar * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Malawi * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Malaysia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Maldives * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Mali * * * * * * * * * * * * 33 11 26

Mauritania * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 11

Mexico * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Moldova, Republic of * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8 15

Mongolia 21 23 19 14 21 36 64 84 63 25 20 13 445 363 403

Montenegro * * * * * * * 9 * * * 9 7 9 25

Morocco 7 14 8 * 12 22 52 128 282 389 224 129 57 80 1,271

Mozambique * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6

Myanmar * * * * 6 * * 8 5 13 5 10 11 37 55

Namibia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Nepal * * * * * * * * * * * * 46 27 13

Netherlands * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 * 13

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Total 2015

Total 2016

Nicaragua * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Niger * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 * *

Nigeria 25 21 18 13 11 20 13 12 24 21 11 8 223 212 197

Oman * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Pakistan 19 5 13 * 6 7 21 31 19 15 15 6 185 156 161

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

* * * * * * * * 6 * 7 * 72 80 30

Peru * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Philippines * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 * *

Poland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8

Portugal * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7

Romania * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7

Russian Federation 6 * 9 12 6 5 14 16 14 17 10 12 163 124 124

Rwanda * * * * * * * * * * * * 12 10 15

Saint Kitts and Nevis * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Saudi Arabia * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 11

Senegal * 5 5 * * * * 8 * * 6 * 11 20 47

Serbia 78 89 80 74 51 53 127 135 78 36 59 78 189 436 938

Sierra Leone * * * * * * * * * * * * 80 38 33

Somalia 18 15 8 11 14 6 12 20 20 20 8 5 349 263 157

South Africa 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * 17 10

South Sudan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Spain * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sri Lanka * * * 5 * * * * * * * * 54 37 28

Stateless 109 60 10 17 11 6 7 25 18 8 25 14 2,704 2,399 310

Sudan 23 8 7 5 11 6 15 20 24 40 22 10 180 234 191

Suriname * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 8

Swaziland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sweden * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Syrian Arab Republic 696 335 127 87 100 80 109 109 84 138 106 187 8,748 18,677 2,158

Tajikistan * * * * 6 * * * * 5 * * * 28 19

Tanzania, United Republic of

* * * * * * * * * * * * 13 * 10

Thailand * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

27 21 26 36 43 63 64 67 24 23 15 21 112 111 430

Togo * * * * * * * * * * * * * 9 *

Trinidad and Tobago * * * * * * * * * * 7 * 8 9 22

Tunisia * * 5 * * 8 6 15 34 48 44 32 16 25 205

Turkey * * * * 6 * 15 32 53 32 48 30 46 56 235

Turkmenistan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Uganda 7 * 7 * 11 10 * 5 8 10 12 8 114 113 87

Ukraine 56 95 56 16 12 18 23 6 13 9 9 * 249 716 317

United Arab Emirates * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

United Kingdom * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

United States of America

* * * * * * * * * * * * 11 16 5

Unknown 10 17 20 23 48 60 42 39 49 55 51 43 351 432 457

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Total 2015

Total 2016

Uruguay * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Uzbekistan * * * * * * * * * * * * 12 5 6

Venezuela * * * * * * * 5 8 7 * * * * 27

Viet Nam * * * 13 16 10 * * * * 9 6 17 64 61

Yemen * * * * 10 * * 6 7 * 9 8 32 52 45

Zambia * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8 *

Zimbabwe * * * * * * * * * * * * 11 8 12

Other * * * * * * * * * * * * 8 * *

Totaal 2,518 1,747 1,220 888 981 991 1,376 1,616 1,778 1,929 1,726 1,401 21,811 43,093 18,171

* To conceal the lowest figures, all values between 0 and 4 are replaced by asterisk.Selection criterion for this table: all nationalities with at least 1 application in the current year.

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