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The latest news about asylum in the Netherlands. Here you will find information about new decisions in the asylum procedure for refugees in the Netherlands.

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VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (VWN) will soon not be present at all central reception locations

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Nov 11, 2025

This is how long the asylum procedure takes in the Netherlands

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has 18 months to decide on each asylum request in 2025. Therefore, you have to wait a long time especially for the 2nd interview with the IND. Read about the waiting times in the asylum procedure here.

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Dec 10, 2025

Free online Dutch language course on 17 November by the University of Groningen

Do you want to learn Dutch, but have no experience with the language yet? On 17 November, the free online course 'Introduction to Dutch' by the University of Groningen will start. The course is in English and especially for beginners.

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Nov 5, 2025

IND to decide on asylum applications of 100 Syrian asylum seekers

Starting this week, the IND is again conducting interviews with Syrian asylum seekers who have not yet received a decision on their asylum applications. This and next week, the IND will conduct interviews with 100 people in AZC Budel. This does not yet mean that Syrians will be forced to return if their asylum applications are rejected.

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Oct 30, 2025

Exciting preliminary results from the House of Representatives elections: D66 the largest party

On 29 October, the Dutch were allowed to vote in the elections to the House of Representatives. The votes are still being counted at this time, but D66 is leading for now with a few more votes than the PVV. Both parties have 26 seats. This is followed by VVD, GL-PvdA and CDA.

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Oct 30, 2025

Online workshop: Voting for the House of Representatives elections

Together with Stichting AaRDE and WE organisation, VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (VWN) is organising an online workshop for people with a refugee background about the political elections. Accessible explanations, practical tips and space for questions; just in time for the House of Representatives elections on Wednesday, 29 October.

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Oct 27, 2025

Asylum requests from Yemenis to be reviewed again

The Dutch Minister of Asylum & Migration recently decided to change the asylum policy for Yemenis because a new official report on Yemen had appeared in April. The new policy has been in effect since 17 October. Asylum applications from Yemenis will be reviewed again from then.

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Oct 27, 2025

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