Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Netherlands: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (+2.9 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Netherlands's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 51.2% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

51.2%
Asylum grant rate
48.8%
Asylum denial rate
41
Asylum decisions

Netherlands in one line

Netherlands's asylum grant rate is 51.2% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 41 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

51.2%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
41
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
+2.9 pp
vs. national average
48.8%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. These are aggregate historical rates, not predictions for individual cases. Outcomes vary significantly by court, judge, case type, and legal representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Netherlands vs all nationalities by asylum grant rate

Where this nationality's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked nationality (a case-outcome measure, not a quality ranking)

51.2% 112th of 196 higher than 84 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Netherlands grant-rate neighbors

Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Netherlands (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Netherlands is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.

Nicaragua
53.7%
Bhutan
52.9%
Panama
51.7%
Ghana
51.4%
Sierra Leone
51.2%
Netherlands
51.2%
Niger
50.6%
Kenya
50.4%
Italy
49.7%
Chile
49.0%
Morocco
49.0%

Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Netherlands nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Netherlands nationals; gap vs national average +2.9 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 41 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Netherlands asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Netherlands's grant-rate and caseload figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.