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).

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