1) Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)

2) Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)

1) BV/FBI/BIC

2) team Justice and Security, sector SQS

1)  IND

     Rijnstraat 8

     2515 XP The Hague

     (P.O. Box 16275, 2500 BG The Hague)

     The Netherlands

2)  CBS

     Henri Faasdreef 312

     2492 JP The Hague

     (P.O. Box 24500, 2490 HA The Hague)

     The Netherlands

Data collection on asylum statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.

Asylum applications:

• Asylum, first time and subsequent applicants by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Persons subject of asylum applications pending at the end of month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applications withdrawn by citizenship, age, sex and type of withdrawal (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applicants having had their applications processed under the accelerated procedure by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Applicants having benefited from material reception conditions at the end of the reference year;
• Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors by citizenship, age and sex.

Decisions on asylum applications:

• First instance decisions on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted at first instance decision by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Final decisions in appeal or review on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted as final decision in appeal or review by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors).

Resettled persons:

• Resettled persons by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and country of previous residence;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and resettlement framework. 

In March 2022, the European Commission activated the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC for people from Ukraine seeking refuge.

Temporary protection:

• Decisions granting temporary protection by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of the month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors).

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Migration and asylum – Asylum statistics.

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

person

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

The Netherlands

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Calendar month, calendar quarter and calendar year.

Until 2021 the Asylum statistics are based on the Regulation (EC) 862/2007. Data delivery for reference year 2021 onwards is based on Regulation (EC) 862/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (a Service of the Ministry of Justice and Security) is responsible in the Netherlands for the registration of the Asylum data.

The "Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek, van 2 maart 2022" (the dutch Law on Statistics Netherlands, March 2, 2022) states in article 4 that CBS is responsible for the production of the EU statistics.

[wetten.nl - Regeling - Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek - BWBR0015926 (overheid.nl) ]

This comprises all (mandatory and voluntary) statistics mentioned in the several EU Regulations and Directives. 

There exists a formal agreement between IND and CBS regarding the provision of data from IND to CBS for the purpose of EU and other statistics, which also features the Asylum data. There exists also a formal agreement between COA and CBS for data supply from COA to CBS for the purpose of statistics. 

Data sharing is conform with the agreement between IND and CBS regarding the provision of data from IND to CBS for the purpose of (EU and other) statistics, conform with the agreement between COA and CBS, and conform the 'CBS law' and other relevant legal acts and agreements. 

IND has set up a registration/datawarehouse, in which amongst other data, the Asylum data are registered. IND compiles the Asylum statistics, and sends the (aggregated) tables to CBS, via a secured process. COA has a registration system, from which it sends the aggregated data for table A21 to CBS, via a secured process. 

CBS has set up a secure and automated data processing system to receive the data from the data supplier, to check and process the data, and send the statistics via Edamis to Eurostat. This system includes the "database EU Asylum and managed Migration" and several secure and automated procedures for receiving, processing and sending the data. All procedures are in accordance with the CBS standards in the field of data collection and processing.

The General Data Protection Regulation applies in The Netherlands, and therefore to CBS and IND. 

Moreover, the "Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek, van 2 maart 2022" (the dutch Law on Statistics Netherlands, March 2, 2022)  states in article 37 that CBS will not disclose any data that might identify a person, household or economic entity, either directly or indirectly.  [wetten.nl - Regeling - Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek - BWBR0015926 (overheid.nl) ]

CBS defines a confidential cell as a cell where the number is lower than 7. Usually this cell is suppressed, however, depending on the statistic, also controlled rounding can be used, for example to the nearest fivefold or tenfold. CBS checks in general for residual disclosure, with methods depending on the statistic. In the publication in Statline based on the Dublin data, the data is treated in the same manner, data are rounded to the nearest fivefold to prevent disclosure. As Eurostat itself has confidentiality rules for publications, and because of the secure process of sending data via Edamis to Eurostat, there is no rounding in the supplied tables. 

Part of the asylum data is published by CBS in the open data bank Statline StatLine - Datasets via thema (cbs.nl) 

In the Statline tables there is an Explanation, stating when the next data release will be.

These tables and Explanation are publicly accessible. 

The Statline tables concerning the Asylum data can be reached via:  StatLine - Datasets via thema (cbs.nl) 

The moment of publication of the new data can be found under "tabelinformatie - tabeltoelichting" (Explanation). 

The general release policy of CBS is to publish all regular statistics via Statline and Open Data:  StatLine (cbs.nl)  This is accessible to the general public via the website of CBS. 

The policy for publishing incidental statistics is via incidental publications on the webpage at www.CBS.nl: Overzicht aanvullend statistisch onderzoek per jaar | CBS. This is also accessible to the general public.

In addition, statistics may be presented by dashboards, or other visuals. Moreover, any newly published statistic may be accompanied by a written 'news item' which gives some highlights of the data or a longer analysis.  Every part of a publication is available on www.CBS.nl. 

By these methods of publication, CBS provides for the dissemination of statistical data to all users at the same time. 

The publicatieplanning on the CBS-website gives an overview of the dates and moments that statistics are made publicly available through an 'news item'. Other statistics (without news item) are made publicly available from 0:00 h (at night) in our databank StatLine.

CBS publishes its release policy on its website: Publicatiebeleid | CBS. This policy provides for the dissemination of statistical data to all users at the same time.

CBS may send new publications under embargo, in advance of the release of the data, to government organisations and agencies, and to the press. For the press, the maximum embargo period is 24 hours before publication. For the governmental organisations, the maximum embargo period is from 12:00 h in the afternoon on the working day before publication.

Data concerning the asylum applications and family reunification are disseminated monthly.

Data concerning unaccompanied minors are disseminated yearly.

Data concerning the asylum applications and family reunification are disseminated monthly, in a Dutch and an English version:

StatLine - Asielverzoeken en nareizigers; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (cbs.nl) 

StatLine - Asylum requests and family reunification; nationality, sex and age (cbs.nl)

Data concerning unaccompanied minors are disseminated yearly, in a Dutch and an English version: 

StatLine - Alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdeling; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (cbs.nl)

StatLine - Unaccompanied foreign minor; nationality, sex and age (cbs.nl)

Every quarter there is an news release in the form of a 'news item' concerning the number of asylum applications and family reunification during the last quarter.

This is published at the same time as the table  StatLine - Asielverzoeken en nareizigers; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (cbs.nl) 

There may be a news item accompanying the release of the annual data concerning unaccompanied minors.

This is published at the same time as publication of the table StatLine - Alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdeling; nationaliteit, geslacht en leeftijd (cbs.nl)

The publication of statistics based on Asylum data will be mostly in the form of Statline tables, on a monthly and annual basis.

CBS issues a publication in the form of a 'news item' every quarter, concerning asylum applications. 

CBS may issue a news item, together with the release of a new Statline data set.  

Based on the Asylum data, tables are published in Statline: StatLine - Datasets via thema (cbs.nl), and in English StatLine - Datasets by themes (cbs.nl)

Not applicable.

There is no access to the microdata. CBS does not have the asylum microdata, because IND sends aggregated asylum tables to CBS.

Apart from sending the tables to Eurostat and dissemination of the statistics in Statline, a news item may be published, at the same time as the dissemination of the new reference period in Statline. 

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

CBS has implemented a.o. the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP), the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF), ISO-9001, and works accordingly the CBS-law, and is regularly audited by external auditors.

Not applicable

The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.

Users of Asylum statistics:

The statistics collected under the Regulation (EU) 851/2020 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level. The Asylum statistics produced are regularly used by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.

At National level the Ministry of Justice and Security and CBS are the main user of the Asylum statistics.

At European level, the main users of Asylum statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis.  The statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance. 

Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level): There are no unmet needs. 

No user satisfaction surveys are conducted.

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable

There are no sampling errors. There are no coverage errors, no measurement errors and no nonresponse errors. Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat. 

Not applicable

Not applicable

There are no coverage errors, no measurement errors and no nonresponse errors. Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat. 

 The coverage error, which is the discrepancy from the Eurostat target population, is 0 %.

Not applicable

Not applicable

There are no measurement errors: all individual data records concerning Asylum data (for example the asylum applications, decisions etcetera) are registered within 1 to 2 days in INDIGO (the registration system of IND, who is responsible for the Asylum procedures). From METIS, the datawarehouse based on INDIGO, all mandatory Asylum tables are extracted, checked and validated, and send to CBS. There is no bias in the outcome, and the population, definitions and breakdowns are according to the Eurostat technical guidelines. 

Not applicable

Not applicable.

Not applicable

Processing errors sometimes occur in extracting a table from the IND METIS/INDIGO system, mostly in the format of the table, which errors are corrected before sending the final version of the table to Edamis/Eurostat. 

Not applicable.

Data supply to Eurostat is in accordance with the Regulation and the Technical Guidelines, and the timeframe and deadlines of sending data to Eurostat.

Not applicable

Not applicable

See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable

The statistics are comparable between all regions of the Netherlands, there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.

Not applicable

See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable

Not applicable

The sub annual and annual statistics are coherent. 

Not applicable

The asylum statistics are consistent with the underlying (micro)dataset in INDIGO/METIS, and in the case of table A21 the statistic is consistent with the underlying (micro)dataset in the COA registration system.

Not available

Not applicable

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable

See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

The source data are collected and processed continuously by IND. In order to submit the data to Eurostat, compilations of the data are made on a monthly, quarterly and annual base.

For table A21, all source data are collected and processed continuously by COA. In order to submit the data to Eurostat, compilations of the data are made on an annual base.

For all tables except A21: The sole source for the datasets for year 2012 and onwards is METIS, the IND datawarehouse, based on INDIGO, the IND registration system. The datasets for the years 2008 through 2011 are based on INDIS, the former registration system of the Netherlands. (There is no break in the time series from 2011 to 2012).

For table A21: the sole source is the registration system of COA. 

During the process of monitoring end ensuring the quality of the resulting tables, a.o. the next checks are performed: an automatic check on integrality of the data within the datawarehouse; monthly check that the population coverage is accurate according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines; weekly  comparing the data with data of previous periods; weekly investigating inconsistencies and confronting the data against other relevant data by checking every dataset against all other available information; weekly verification of the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence; checking retrospectively a sample of the data in the register in order to confirm that they are accurate. 

METIS (the IND datawarehouse), which is based on INDIGO (the registration system at IND of a.o. the Asylum data records), is the sole source for most mandatory Asylum tables. INDIGO is an integral microdata registration of all requests, transfers and decisions, therefore there is no imputation, no adjustment to non-response and no weighting of records. Based on METIS/INDIGO, for each table the required records are extracted, aggregated and counted, and tabulated into the table, according to the guidelines.  

For table A21, there is an integral registration of the target population at COA. Based on this registration once a year the mandatory statistic for A21 is compiled according to the guidelines, without imputations, weighting of records or adjustments. 

Not applicable

No adjustments are made.

No statistical technique applied.