The author reviews migration trends in the Netherlands since 1985. "In 1993 immigration amounted to 119 thousand, 2 thousand (i.e. 2.0%) more than the 1992 level....According to [official] data...35 thousand non-Dutch nationals requested...asylum in 1993, 15 thousand more than in 1992. The (modest) increase in immigration was mainly caused by non-Dutch nationals born in one of the former Yugoslav republics and Somalia....The level of emigration amounted to 59 thousand, only a few hundred more than in 1992." (SUMMARY IN ENG) excerpt

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Netherlands cultural anthropology Origin population Migrants demography Europe Population Dynamics statistics Ethnic Groups ethnic group Developed Countries Western Europe Residence Characteristics Cultural Background Article migration international migration developed country population and population related phenomena Demographic Factors Emigration and Immigration Transients and Migrants Native-born Population Characteristics Tables And Charts Nationality Culture Place Of Birth English Abstract