1,917 Nigerians sought Netherlands asylum in two years – Report

According to recent data from the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service, a total of 1,917 Nigerians applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2024 and 2025, marking a 5.9 per cent increase in applications from the previous year. Nigeria is one of only four African nationalities to rank among the Dutch government’s top 10 countries of origin for asylum applicants in both years.

The number of applications from Nigerians rose year-on-year, with 931 applications in 2024 and 986 in 2025. Globally, Nigeria ranked sixth among the top 10 nationalities of asylum applicants in 2025, up from ninth in 2024. Among African nationalities, Eritreans filed the highest number of applications, followed by Algeria and Somalia.

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