Immigrants not EU/EFTA; migration motive, socio-economic category

This table contains figures for immigrants with a nationality of a country outside the EU or EFTA who have come to the Netherlands. The data are broken down by gender, age group, migration motive, nationality, socio-economic category and length of stay. The migration motive of immigrants from non-EU/EFTA countries is based on the permit granted to the immigrant by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). This table lists only immigrants who, at the time of immigration, were nationals of countries that did not currently belong to the European Union (EU) or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Immigrants from outside the EU/EFTA need a residence permit from the IND. Immigrants from countries that joined the EU or EFTA in the period 1999-2021 are listed in this table if the year of immigration is for the year of accession. Although the United Kingdom left the European Union as of 31 January 2020, a Withdrawal Agreement continued to allow free movement of persons until 31 December 2020. This table therefore includes immigrants from the United Kingdom only from 1 January 2021. For all non-EU/EFTA immigrants, this table checks each year after their entry into the Netherlands whether they still live in the Netherlands and what kind of socio-economic category they belong to. This is always done on the same date. So for someone who came to live in the Netherlands on 12 February 1999, on 12 February 2000 this person will be checked if this person is still there and information about his/her socio-economic category will be provided. The selection Duration of stay shows for all years the original number of immigrants who came to the Netherlands in the year of immigration. The socioeconomic category selection shows whether a person is still present and what his/her main source of income is. Within the migration motives statistics, CBS distinguishes between labour migration in the immigration of non-EU/EFTA nationals in two subcategories: knowledge and other labour migration. Until the previous update, CBS only described the IND-knowledge migrant scheme as knowledge migration, all other labour migration schemes were categorised as other labour migration. From this update, the other schemes associated with the highly skilled migrant scheme will also be categorised as knowledge. This includes, for example, the schemes for the self-employed, scientific researchers and potential highly skilled migrants. This means that for all reporting years in this table, the subdivision of migrant workers into knowledge and other migrant workers has been adapted. As a result, the figures on these two types of migrant workers are not necessarily comparable to those previously published. Data available from: 1999 Status of the figures: The figures in this table are provisional. Information has been included in the figures for the previous periods. This allows for minor discrepancies with previously published figures. Amendments as of 30 June 2022: The preliminary figures for 2021 have been added. An additional length of stay has been added to the immigration years 1999 to 2020. When will there be new figures? The 2022 figures will be published in June 2023.