Netherlands asylum applications at record low following Assad ouster – Middle East Monitor

The Netherlands saw record low asylum applications in the first quarter of this year, largely attributed to the fall of Syria’s Assad regime in December, official data showed on Wednesday.

In the first quarter of 2025, over 4,500 individuals of various nationalities applied for asylum in the Netherlands, plummeting 37 per cent from the previous quarter and approximately half the number compared with the same period last year, as reported by NL Times, citing…