English summary
Transit countries before the Netherlands
Published Dutch asylum rulings often mention a stay in a third country before arrival. This page lists those countries, the length of stay recorded, and how often the immigration service's decision survived judicial review.
- Transit mentions
- 3,049
- Countries
- 135
- With a Dublin element
- 1,517
- Baseline upheld
- 69.8%
01Key figures
What the register records
Transit mentions
3,049
Rulings stating a stay in a third country before arrival in the Netherlands.
Cases with an outcome
2,847
Denominator for every percentage on this page.
Decision upheld
69.8%
Baseline across all transit cases.
Dublin element
1,517
A take-back or take-charge request to another member state.
02By country
Largest transit countries
| Transit country | Mentions | Dublin | Median stay | Denominator | Upheld | Odds ratio [95%] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italië | 526 | 428 | 0 mo | 492 | 62.4% | 0,67 [0.54; 0.82] |
| Duitsland | 341 | 238 | 5 mo | 316 | 74.7% | 1,31 [1.00; 1.71] |
| Frankrijk | 203 | 136 | 0 mo | 186 | 79.6% | 1,72 [1.20; 2.48] |
| Turkije | 143 | 0 | 1 mo | 137 | 73.0% | 1,17 [0.80; 1.72] |
| Griekenland | 139 | 38 | 9 mo | 126 | 61.9% | 0,69 [0.48; 0.99] |
| Spanje | 139 | 95 | 0 mo | 131 | 81.7% | 1,95 [1.25; 3.05] |
| België | 113 | 55 | 12 mo | 109 | 72.5% | 1,13 [0.74; 1.74] |
| Bulgarije | 108 | 90 | 2 mo | 92 | 69.6% | 0,98 [0.63; 1.53] |
| Kroatië | 102 | 97 | 0 mo | 93 | 63.4% | 0,74 [0.48; 1.13] |
| Oostenrijk | 86 | 74 | 0 mo | 78 | 71.8% | 1,09 [0.66; 1.79] |
| Polen | 79 | 66 | 0 mo | 73 | 67.1% | 0,87 [0.53; 1.42] |
| Libië | 71 | 0 | 13 mo | 68 | 73.5% | 1,19 [0.69; 2.03] |
| Zwitserland | 69 | 44 | 1 mo | 66 | 77.3% | 1,45 [0.82; 2.57] |
| Oekraïne | 62 | 0 | 36 mo | 54 | 74.1% | 1,21 [0.66; 2.22] |
| Roemenië | 50 | 39 | 0 mo | 47 | 70.2% | 1,00 [0.54; 1.86] |
BronOnly countries with at least 15 judged cases. The odds ratio compares one transit country against all other transit cases; an interval containing 1 is not significant.
03By length of stay
Does a longer stay matter?
| Length of stay | Cases with an outcome | Upheld |
|---|---|---|
| kort | 486 | 69.1% |
| not stated | 1,797 | 69.6% |
| zeer_lang | 278 | 69.1% |
| lang | 234 | 73.5% |
| middel | 52 | 69.2% |
BronThese figures describe published rulings, not all asylum applications. Courts see a selected slice of cases, and a stay abroad is only counted when the ruling mentions it, so the numbers understate actual transit and cannot be read as a causal effect.
Source language
Court rulings, quoted passages and case summaries are in Dutch, as published by the Dutch judiciary. These English pages summarise the figures and the method. The full detail lives on the Dutch transit analysis (in Dutch).