Netherlands

Country Report

Country Report: Netherlands Last updated: 21/05/25

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Dutch Council for Refugees Visit Website

This report was written by Laurence Verkooijen, Matty Verburg, Anna Chatelion Counet, Sofia D’Arcio, Arno Pinxter, Barbara Bierhuizen, Chiara Vrije, Eglantine Weijmans, Anne Zwijnenberg, Shane van Galen, Pouya Fard, Rosa Koopmans, Dorien de Hoop and Barbara Safradin, edited by Barbara Safradin at the Dutch Council for Refugees, and finally edited by ECRE. The temporary protection annex to the report was drafted by Angelina van Kampen and Merlijn Bothof, and edited by ECRE.

The 2024 update to the AIDA country report on the Netherlands was shared with the Immigration and Naturalisation Service to provide an opportunity for comments.

The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

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To access the updated report, you can navigate through the table of contents on the right end side or download the full report (in PDF) above.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation