New asylum applications up 29% in first quarter; 63% more family reunification requests
Almost 9,000 people submitted their first asylum application in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 29 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. The number of family reunification requests was 62 percent higher at 3,100, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported on Wednesday based on the latest figures from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND).
- Syrians still make up the largest group of new asylum seekers. Almost a third (2,900) came from Syria, 86 percent more than in the same period last year.
- The number of people fleeing from Iraq increased significantly. In the first quarter, 1,200 Iraqis submitted their first asylum application in the Netherlands, 543 percent more than a year earlier.
- After Syria and Iraq, the most first asylum requests came from Turkey (495) and Yemen (470).
Three-quarters of the first asylum seekers were men and most were under the age of 35.
By far the most family reunification requests came from Syria, 2,300 of the total 3,100. There were also many requests from Yemen (225), Turkey (145), and Iraq (85 percent).
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Gonorrhea cases up 78% among young women, alarming Dutch authorities
Healthcare workers in the Netherlands discovered an alarming increase in the number of women diagnosed with a gonorrhea infection last year. While statistics from all population groups showed 31 percent more diagnosed infections, there was a 78 percent increase among women, particularly those under the age of 25.
There was also an increase of over 20 percent found among men who have sex with other men. A total of 10,041 gonorrhea infections were diagnosed in that population group last year.
Last year was the second year in a row that the number of gonorrhea diagnoses among young adults increased.
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